David V. Kimball

By now you're likely very tired of hearing about how someone's 10x'd their productivity by using AI agents, or how they're automating 90% of their work through elaborate agentic graphs or looping.

When I'm asked about my political views, I tend to come back to the same several points about my philosophy and principles.

Video Although there's not always consensus around where the generational lines are drawn, we can roughly group people born between certain years.[^1] What makes it useful is understanding the common experiences they all share to predict behavior or under…

I've been asked why I believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ: here are the top reasons!

Picture pulling into a gas station.

For a season, every workday started with the same silly ritual.

Within the digital realm, everything you've ever built should be a resource you can tap into at any time.

Clockwise announced it's winding down, and a lot of people are scrambling for replacements.

With focus, there are no distractions.

Something I keep coming back to is finding new and fun ways to create online, whether that's making videos on YouTube, creating projects on GitHub, or writing blog posts here.

Lately I've been blowing up GitHub with new plugins for Obsidian.

What is Vault CMS?

During 2025, I helped run my own marketing agency, raised a newborn to a full-fledged 1-year old with my wife, got more involved in my church, made weekly content on LinkedIn, maintained a YouTube channel, ran a Discord server / community, and built over a

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Background I've been using Astro in combination with Obsidian for over a year now.

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What is Astro?

Get Mentioned in ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude How do you get your website in an AI response, whether that's ChatGPT, Grok, or Claude?

Video Our reliance on digital tools and services cannot be understated.

Digital Discipline In the world of productivity influencers, a misconception exists about analog vs. digital tools.

Artificial intelligence is changing the world.

Trent Horn recently published a video talking about how his wife was the target of unwarranted verbal attacks.

Here’s a Radical™️ claim: there is a right way to do business.

Here's a list of almost every piece of software I use on a daily basis.

Since it's release about a month ago, I've been really enjoying my time with Rivals of Aether II.

Just Days Away My wife Esther and I are expecting a newborn son in the coming months.

Through hacking the game and accessing debug mode, we can discern quite a bit about Super Smash Bros.

In the early days of the internet, I was always on the hunt for free services.

Super Smash Bros.

I write a lot about technology and productivity generally, but today I'd like to talk about an approach to interacting with the digital world and provide a definition I haven't seen articulated before (at least holistically).

I've written about competitive vs. casual fighting game player preferences before, but here I'd like to focus on just platform fighting game stages.

How many messaging applications do you use?

Background I've been streaming on Twitch for 10 years now, and my stream setup has gone through a lot of change in that time - and so has my overlay design.

Background My wife Esther and I have been looking for helpful productivity software and apps we can use to help with scheduling, organization, budgeting, and getting things done.

Think of an alias like an alternative path to the same destination.

Are you trying to use Animelee, the cell-shaded aesthetic mod for Melee and play online?

My Experience After nearly two months of consistent mechanical split keyboard use, I'm finally ready to share my impressions of this unique keyboard experience.

These are the folder icons that come with Windows 11 in .ICO format, including custom folder icons.

I've set up many Windows installs before, so I figured I'd share what I typically use to setup Windows 11 in the current year.

I recently hosted a webinar via emerging Austin-based middle school Esports Academy in which industry experts discussed how tailored and personalized education can benefit students.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/davidvkimball/episodes/The-Case-for-a-Better-Web-e289vae/a-aa8n343 In the 21st century, the Internet stands as a testament to the fruit of human innovation, potential, and collaboration.

Although this is an admittedly niche topic, I'd like to discuss some of the misconceptions about the casual and competitive fighting game crowd.

Last night I had a ponder.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/davidvkimball/episodes/How-I-Got-8-367-of-Free-Perks-by-Being-First-e26qru3/a-aa44can Grandfathered-in perks are an often-underutilized benefit of early adoption in the software-as-a-service sphere.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/davidvkimball/episodes/Free-Trials-The-Trick-to-Never-Paying-After-They-End-e26r5r5/a-aa459st Most of us have fallen into the "Subscription Trap" where a service will offer a free trial over some time - 7 days, 30…

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/davidvkimball/episodes/Content-Creators-The-Champions-of-DIY-Marketing-e26r4fs/a-aa4566d I recently wrote about how many industry practitioners overcomplicate marketing.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/davidvkimball/episodes/Bullcrp-Marketing-Doesnt-Work-Anymore-e25tcnl/a-aa179dc Marketing is getting attention from the right eyeballs at the right time.

Whether you’re managing an organization or an individual (person), maintaining an effective digital presence is vital for business.

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently has been: how do we find common ground with people with whom we fundamentally disagree?

Zune was a line of digital media products and services developed by Microsoft that included portable media players, software, a music streaming service, and an online store.