I’m Ryan McMaster, I design interfaces and do strategy consulting for startups at Theory. You can find me in Vancouver, Canada where I love to meet new people for coffee. Suggest a time and place on Tungle. Tumblr (3.0; @ryanmcmaster)http://ryanmcmaster.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23108798139/tumblr_m42pd8KcYf1qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>My new song: mix up of hip hop/jazz/electronic/trap - get halfway to listen to the breakdown. Would love feedback.</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/23108798139http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/23108798139Tue, 15 May 2012 12:48:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pwvaJjr61qbh2ozo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’d rather be in *Portland* Drinking Heart espresso</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/22663189275http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/22663189275Tue, 08 May 2012 15:01:58 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/20538560171/tumblr_m20sr4NDe41qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>My remix of Rihanna’s “We Found Love”</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/20538560171http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/20538560171Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:59:28 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/20492586719/tumblr_m1za8jp6Cx1qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>I love Al B. Sure’s late 80’s New Jack Swing hit “Nite and Day”. Here’s my sloppy, beat-heavy, busy rework.</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/20492586719http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/20492586719Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:21:55 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/18905259803/tumblr_m0ixwkzxRv1qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>New track - a little more chill:</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/18905259803http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/18905259803Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5l1dtg5p1qbh2ozo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/17347410596http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/17347410596Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyon84nMcY1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/16835852703http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/16835852703Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:48:04 -0500xxl<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/14569625184/tumblr_lwkeudEju31qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Revisiting an older track from Spring ‘11:</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/14569625184http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/14569625184Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:49:25 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/14275558776/tumblr_lw9kmugsGb1qbh2oz&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>New track in progress on #soundcloud:</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/14275558776http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/14275558776Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:20:54 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdu6cWAnX1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/13459264051http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/13459264051Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:03:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luvsszYPIy1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/12987637042http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/12987637042Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:17:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lte0iwMuwT1qbh2ozo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Francis” by <a href="http://www.richpellegrino.com/index.php?sec=1&id=104&page=1">Rich Pellegrino</a></p> <p>Gouache on hardboard<br/>5x7</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11710237387http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11710237387Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:13:00 -0400xsxs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdgcwaUue1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11695563492http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11695563492Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:58:08 -0400xx<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjz4zM6ip1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11026050492http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11026050492Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:55:45 -0400xs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjz2rItkN1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The market seems to be like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_%28quantum_physics%29">observer</a> in a “double-slit” quantum mechanics experiment - an experiment I happen to love because it shows the dual nature of matter (wave/particle). So, a host of companies bring an idea to the market simultaneously and there is the potentiality for many of the entrants to be the absolute “winner”.</p> <p>What happens is, just like in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_slit">double slit experiment</a>, there happens to be many particle fires (purchases / market activity) that paints an overall picture of the resulting probability. The result is a distribution of “observations” in an <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Double-slit_experiment_results_Tanamura_2.jpg">interference pattern</a> across many bands. The distribution of users, revenue and market share also seems to follow a similar pattern - with the market leader in the middle with the most activity and a dithering of those metrics as you get further away from them.</p> <p>Is there a way of using formulas to determine probabilities of interactions in the market? Can we use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_integral_formulation">path integral formulation</a> to make assumptions about what consumers will and won’t respond to across an entire industry or market?</p>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11026013640http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11026013640Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:54:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjx7mx8EB1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11024911153http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/11024911153Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:14:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb7vr8wv4L1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1454480427http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1454480427Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:40:00 -0400bluenaivequiltwhitexsxs“It’s a shame to only have dreams at night. You should have a few opportunities during the day.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://vimeo.com/10452010">Stephen Alesch</a></em>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015659076http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015659076Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:46:00 -0400architecturedesignthinkingxs““When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%E2%80%99s_three_laws">Arthur C. Clarke</a></em>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015432570http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015432570Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:50:00 -0400xx<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7rw1xCo5d1qbh2ozo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015407440http://ryanmcmaster.com/post/1015407440Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:44:23 -0400illustration