Today I was on BlogTalkRadio with Apple Capital Group on SEO & Inbound Marketing on their Financing Your Business Today show. Interestingly enough this whole opportunity came about because of the blog post I wrote two weeks ago where I shared the news that I left HubSpot to go run my own business full time.
Some of you might know that I’ve picked up a pretty serious hobby over the last 6-9 months. I’ve become absolutely fascinated by the stock market. I’ve always been the type of person who can’t just beat a video game but has to dominate it and playing the stock market has always been something that I’ve just never had much success with until recently. I’ve actually made various plays in the stock market since 1999 and the middle of that crazy tech bubble. Maybe one day I’ll tell you about the most expensive mistake I ever made about Apple.
I recently read what was one best books of 2010 and after reading it I completely understand why. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the true story of Louie Zamperini who was young athlete in the 1936 Olympics before joining the Army Air Corps and becoming a bombardier. On a rescue trip his plane crash-landed into the ocean and one of the most fascinating stories of survival and tradgey begins. This book will suck you into his story and amazing resilence through it all.
Heather’s parents were in town over the 4th of July weekend so we did what any good host would do and took them all over Boston. Here are the most interesting pictures of the weekend. Sorry no firework pictures this year but if you want those then you should check out my 4th of July firework extravaganza post from last year.
One of my HubSpot work buds, Dave Shepherd, and myself went fly fishing in Vermont yesterday. We spent the day out on the Black River which feeds into the Connecticut River. Dave is a regular fly fisherman and this was my first fly fishing experience. Although I’ve done quite a bit of fishing in my life I’ve just never used a fly rod before. He was nice enough to teach me enough of the basics you need to dig in.
Here is another book that I recently completed. Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox was an interesting read. It was interesting learning the story of artificial light and how it has changed human life so much over the last few centuries. Can you image a time when the sun went down people lived in darkness until the next morning?
Since Heather got me my Kindle for Christmas I’ve really started to enjoy reading books on it. After all my big exciting New Years resolution was to start reading more books. Blogs are great, but you really need a book to get deep into concepts.
Last Sunday I went to PAX East with my buddy TJ. It was very much a nostalgia event for me. With all the hardcore gamers (all sorts of games) it reminded me a lot of back in the day when I used to spend hours creating D&D characters, mastering Super Mario Brothers or building a Magic: The Gathering deck. Even the Warhammer 40K games brought back some memories of the Space Wolves army I used to have.
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Kyle James | 
01 27th, 2012| 
I have been very bad about blogging lately. Not just bad about blogging here, but also on the 