Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Maura Longueil and I’m a compulsively over-committed mother of three. For fun, I hoard large quantities of chocolate and gather lots of smart and crafty people around me in an effort to encourage and foster everyone’s creative spirit. In a fit of shameless self promotion, I will confess that I sell these crafty products for profit at my boutique/studio in Hanover called the {Sassy Boutique} at Abbey Knoll Photography.
And when I have a spare moment, I photograph babies, families, seniors, weddings, and a few businesses.
What will you be teaching at the Geek Girl Tech Conference this year?
I’ll be taking professional headshots for participants ensuring that you all look ten years younger and as thin as you were in high school (back when you thought you were fat).
I’ll also be hosting a very fun photobooth when you arrive, so practice your fish face and cartwheels.
And teaching one Google Picasa workshop so everyone can get their act together with organizing their pictures.
What was your favorite part of the conference last year?
Spooning Leslie Fishlock.
PC or Mac?
Love/hate relationship. Love my Mac, hate the pretentious non geek girl types at the genius bar.
When did you first know you were geeky?
When I was in 5th grade, I wrote lines of code that would make a Christmas tree made of x’s with a blinking star on top. I also wore two ponytails, pink wide whale courduroys and an argyle sweater.
Star Wars or Star Trek?
Star Trek because my mom once made me a counselor Troy costume for Halloween and by roommate bought me a chest communicator. Thanks Lars!
Choose 5 people from any moment of time to have dinner and drinks with. Who would they be and why?
The entire cast of MacGyver, second season.
Who do feel has had the most impact on technology in your time?
Steve Jobs.
Facebook or Twitter?
The Facebook time suck.
Tell us something about you nobody knows….
I spent a summer working as a cook in a galley of a tug boat which pulled a barge carrying top secret submarine parts between Boston and Virginia leading to the little known nickname of “galley wench”, affectionately.
