Adam Shand (manager)
Adam Shand is a New Zealand visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks.
Career[edit]
Shand founded Personal Telco in November 2000 which subsequently grew into one of the largest community wireless projects in the United States.[1][2][3] He is one of the original members of the Shmoo Group[4] and the primary author of the Wireless Commons Manifesto.[5][6]
In 2003 he moved back home to Wellington, New Zealand to work as a senior systems administrator, and later became the operations manager, for Weta Digital.[1][7]
Visual effects[edit]
The company produced visual effects for the films:[8]
- 2011 The Adventures of Tintin (systems manager: Weta Digital)
- 2009 Avatar (systems manager: Weta Digital)
- 2009 The Lovely Bones (systems manager: Weta Digital)
- 2009 District 9 (systems manager: Weta Digital – uncredited)
- 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still (lead systems engineer: Weta Digital)
- 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (code operations manager: Weta Digital)
- 2008 Jumper (code operations manager: Weta Digital)
- 2007 The Water Horse (digital operations manager: weta digital)
- 2007 30 Days of Night (code operations manager)
- 2007 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (code operations manager)
- 2007 Bridge to Terabithia (digital operations manager: weta digital)
- 2006 Eragon (digital operations manager: weta digital)
- 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand (digital operations manager: weta digital)
- 2005 King Kong (digital operations manager)
- 2004 I, Robot (systems administrator: Weta Digital)
- 2004 Van Helsing (senior systems administrator: Weta Digital – uncredited)
- 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (systems administrator: Weta Digital)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dundas, Zach (9 June 2004). "Free for All: How a brainy Brit and an army of idealists are leading Portland to Internet Nirvana". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Andrew Blum (August–September 2001). "Alternative Net: Wireless activists bring the battle over public space to the airwaves". Metropolis Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 August 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ Vince Vittore (1 January 2003). "Adam Shand, Founder, PersonalTelcoProject". Wireless Review. Archived from the original on 8 February 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ Group, The Shmoo. "The Shmoo Group". www.shmoo.com.
- ^ "The Wireless Commons". adam.nz. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Apprich, C.; Dragona, D.; Lovink, G.; Wüst, F.; Gansing, K. (2020). "What Was the Network? A Conversation on the Possibilities and Limits of the Network Imaginary." (PDF). The Eternal Network: The Ends and Becoming of Network Culture. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 14–22. ISBN 978-94-92302-45-8.
- ^ "Adam Shand – From WiFi To Wild Via Weta". Access Granted NZ. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Listed in respective movie credits
