Adam Shand (manager)

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Adam Shand is a New Zealand visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks.

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Career

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

The company produced visual effects for the films: [8]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Vince Vittore (1 January 2003). "Adam Shand, Founder, PersonalTelcoProject". Wireless Review. Archived from the original on 8 February 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Shmoo Group". www.shmoo.com.
  5. ↑ "The Wireless Commons". adam.nz. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Adam Shand – From WiFi To Wild Via Weta". Access Granted NZ. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Listed in respective movie credits
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