Drawing from Ida Benedetto’s extensive use and thoughtful examination of AI, this conversation with Noah Landow aims to shift perspectives from skepticism and fear to informed engagement and practical application. Ida’s approach—rooted in firsthand experience—encourages a more nuanced understanding of what AI can and cannot do.
Events
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Code and Play
Daniel Shiffman comes to Join Noah Landow at Macktez for a conversation on the playful exploration of code.
Embracing complexity: Lessons from the Victorians
Diane Josefowicz and Noah Landow discuss what the Victorians can teach us through their visions of an electromagnetic microworld, their charmingly complex language of flowers, loquacious letter writing, love of densely textured architecture, and joyously decorated aesthetics.
The surprisingly fascinating story of the American chestnut tree
Join Anna Sproul-Latimer, Founding Partner and President of Neon Literary and member of The American Chestnut Foundation’s Board of Directors, and Noah Landow, Founder and CEO at Macktez, for an informal conversation between a leading technology solutions firm and an expert in another kind of restoration: the startlingly interesting rise, fall, and coming renaissance of the American chestnut tree, a once-ubiquitous species on the East Coast.
Urban connectivity
Join Mike Egbert (VP, Sales and Real Estate at Pilot) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation between a leading Technology Solutions Firm and the largest, local Internet Service Provider in Manhattan, as they talk about the successes and challenges of connecting businesses across NYC, from hair-thin fiber optic cables under the streets of New York to wiring up 1400 ft. skyscrapers.
Resilient design solutions
Join Breanna Horne and Noah Landow for an informal conversation between a leading Technology Solutions Firm and an expert in helping communities plan and design infrastructure such as parks, transportation, and buildings for resilience.
Just Right: How can HVAC give us all our own Goldilocks zone?
Join Berardo Matalucci (Co-founder and CEO at MIMiC) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation between a leading technology solutions firm and the founder of an innovative, engineering driven startup reframing heating cooling from a building to a personal scale.
Fast, Cheap, and Good: Cases for local storage in an age of cloud
Our first event at our new office was a conversation about the best circumstances for local storage at time when most organizations are moving file storage to the cloud.