Feet spinning beneath me, I skim the streets of San Francisco from destination to destination. I call it Chak Chaka Utkatasana, powerful posture of spinning wheels.

Sitz bones float between two states: anchoring onto the seat & lifting when the terrain gets rough. Hands lightly balancing weight, centering, poised for maneuvers. Breath flows Ujjayi style.

Heart opens forward past handlebars. All senses tuned to the present moment: traffic & people; exhaust & fresh ocean air; earth's unwavering support underneath this most divinely efficient mode of transportation.

On December 9th, after over twelve-years living in Austin, ten of them working as a pro web developer, I accepted a web dev position in San Francisco with Scout Labs. January 7th I start the job: front-end Ruby on Rails web development.

The company's product, the Scout, already received a revealing write-up by TechCrunch. The possibilities of the Scout are just beginning, and I'm ecstatic to become part of the team building this phenomenally useful tool.

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