I'm Noah Landow and I spend my time leading value-driven organizations, collaborating to solve organizational and technical challenges, and pursuing esoteric disciplines that keep me curious.
Macktez
In the mid-1990s I co-founded Macktez, a technology consulting firm that helps innovative companies navigate periods of great change. We work with non-profits, startups, and creative companies. I firmly believe that technology is only half the equation — The other half is listening, learning, and understanding what people need, then building systems and organizations to meet those needs.
I host our in-person event series, Tête-à-Tech, and go on podcasts to talk about the current and state of technology, AI, and navigating the myriad challenges of growth.
Boards
I serve as board president of UnionDocs, a center for documentary art that generates and shares big ideas through screenings, panels, discussions, and collaborative studio programs. They moved from Williamsburg to Queens, bought a building, and are finishing up a huge capital campaign and building-wide renovation.
I'm also a founding board member of The Victorian Web Foundation, a non-profit that supports the longest-running website on Victorian arts and culture on the internet; it dates back to 1988 and contains over a hundred thousand pages. The site is run by a team of editors and contributors with impressive academic credentials.
For more than 20 years I was on the board of Friends of Bucks Rock, a non profit created to provide full ride scholarships to Buck's Rock Camp. The Camp has since transformed into a non-profit itself, absorbing the scholarship program, and allowing us to wind down the Friends of Bucks Rock.
These aren't just boards I sit on; they're communities I've invested decades in building.
Practice
I study and teach Aikijujitsu Daito-ryu, a traditional Japanese martial art (or Koryu) from which Aikido derived. I hold the rank of Yondan (fourth-degree black belt). Studying this style requires humble modesty, endless curiosity, and an appreciation for the peculiar proclivities of the human body.
Other Pursuits
Over the years, I studied Architecture (undergrad) at Yale, designed jewelry under the name Ligament, photographed and hosted social events as TDG (and wrote a book on etiquette), and studied silversmithing.
These pursuits all connect through my love of physical handwork and craft, a desire to help bring beautiful things into the world, and an appreciation for materiality and the way sincere materials show age and change over time.
Curious what I'm focused on these days? See what I'm working on now.