Projects#

Active Projects#

  • david.qa (WIP) — Links to helpful software, links, and other resources I use or recommend. Started in 2024 to save me some clicks.
  • Melee.tv (formerly Blippi.gg) — Resources for Super Smash Bros. Melee players and content creators, created in November 2020. I am the website creator and current maintainer, as well as the accompanying discord.gg/melee server admin.
  • Family Friendly Live — A team of family-friendly Twitch streamers established in January 2019. I am the team’s founder and current lead.
  • CheapMarketing.io — DIY marketing course for content creators on a budget, launched in July 2023. I am the course instructor.
  • YouTube Channel — My current YouTube channel covers topics related to video games and technology. I have a second channel for miscellaneous uploads, originally created in 2006.
  • Discord Server — A family-friendly space to hang out and talk about games, news, tech, career, and a host of other topics. Server members can also optionally receive immediate alerts when I go live on Twitch. Opened to the public in January 2017.

Collaborative Projects (Previously Involved)#

  • Smack Studio — A sandbox fighting game with built-in creation tools. Former Director of Marketing from Sept. 2021 until June 2024.
  • Custom Windows 11 Folder Icons — A set of custom icons I had initially created for Windows 11 that worked in all sizes. Since my ElevenForum post in 2021, it’s become a community effort and thousands of custom folder icons have been created. jbcarreon123 has even created a dedicated Windows application for it.
  • Cosmetic Standardization Project (Brawl) — A whole system for easily generating high quality in-game cosmetics for any Brawl or Project M character costume. Original founder and team lead from early 2018 until March 2020. The Discord server is still active.
  • Melee HD Asset Library — A set of resources providing high quality Super Smash Bros. Melee assets for content creators. I created much of the content from in-game HD rips and captures - and for the 2021 HD texture pack for Slippi and Dolphin, led a team of capable artists (more info about that can be found on Reddit). This pack was eventually updated and the renders replaced by Efisio’s Melee Cosmetic Standardization Project in 2023. I started the library in 2020 with my earliest asset uploaded on my YouTube channel, but as of 2022 It is no longer actively maintained, with a few exceptions.

Sunset Projects#

  • create.david.qa — A smol web project focusing on creating websites leveraging the simplicity and accessibility of “older” websites with some of the convenience and power of newer web development tools. Began in August 2023 and wrote the final blog post in August 2024.
  • Legacy TE — The Project M build made for tournaments. I was the founder and team lead from its inception in 2016 until March 2020.
  • Mod.pm — Project M 3.6-compatible mods for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I launched the website in February 2018 and accepted mod submissions until I sunset the project in Oct 2019.
  • Legacy XP — Project M build with 8 new characters and 500 new stages. I helped with the project’s direction and marketing. Was involved from 2015 until 2018.
  • MS Mobile Show — Podcast about Microsoft in the mobile space. I was involved from 2015 until 2017 as show cohost.
  • Beyond Tweeting (book) — Book about how to build influence on Twitter - also briefly a podcast about marketing. I wrote and published the book in 2015 and made a minor revision to it in 2023.
  • Beyond Tweeting (podcast) — Podcast about marketing where I livestreamed to 8 sites simultaneously. The show ran from 2015 until 2016 and had 24 episodes featuring guest interviews.
  • LiveTile.me — A repository of flat icons compatible with the Metro UI interface. Abandoned shortly after its creation.
  • Redmond Post (archive.org) — News website covering all things Microsoft. Formerly Zunited.net, rebranded in 2012. Served as writer, contributor, and Editor-in-Chief for several months in 2014.
  • Tile Me! — Collaboration with developer Ertay Shashko to create a Windows Phone app to generate a personal “me tile” for social media websites. The app launched to the Windows Phone store in 2013.
  • Facebook Assistant Toolbar (archive.org) — Browser toolbar with built-in Facebook search, alerts, and shortcuts. Worked with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and Opera. I created it in 2008 through the Conduit platform and enjoyed a small community of 500 users.