An Interview with Suzanne Kantra

Founder of Techlicious.com

We love lady geeks here at PowderRoomGraffiti - those women who are technically savvy, and as confident with their iPhone, laptop and digital camera as any man on the planet. But Suzanne Kantra takes this to an entirely new level. The former technology editor for Martha Stewart's properties and ‘Popular Science' magazine (the bastion of geekdom) can certainly mix it with the top techies. Last year she set up Techlicious.com, a female-friendly review site, offering women advice about technology that is neither snarky nor dumbed-down.

The Basics

1.    Name

Suzanne Kantra

2.    Web/Blog address if applicable

www.techlicious.com

3.    Where do you live?

a.    Are you from there originally?

b.    Where else have you lived?

I am from Connecticut. I also lived in New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana and currently live in New York City.  

4.    What is your living situation?

a.    Partner?

b.    Kids?

Married with three children

5.    Job?

a.    How long?

b.    What other jobs have you had?

For the last year I have been working on launching and running Techlicious.com. Prior to that I worked as the Technology Editor for Martha Stewart's print, radio and TV properties and as the Technology Editor for 'Popular Science' magazine.

The Tough Ones

1.    Summarize your entire life in 10 words or less.

Blessed with a loving husband, great kids and an interesting job.

2.    Tell us what your typical day is like currently.

I work from home, so I get the kids out the door, work for several hours, take some time with the kids for dinner, homework and bedtime, work for several more hours.

3.    Tell us about the person that has had the most profound impact on your life:

a.    During the last five years

b.    From the very beginning

a)  My husband has been very supportive and helped me develop the confidence to start my own business.

b)  My mother was always there to help guide me through the difficult times and helped me develop the ability to look at situations from multiple viewpoints - there's usually a positive side to any situation if you look for it.

4.    What is the greatest trauma you have ever experienced in your life and how did that impact you?

I can't say that I've been really traumatized in my life. I suppose the car crash with my mother (she was driving) made me realize I could die. The state trooper who arrived on the scene told us that he had been afraid to look in the car because he couldn't see how anyone could have survived.

5.    What is the greatest joy or achievement you have ever experienced in your life and how did that impact you?

My greatest achievement was starting my own publishing venture, Techlicious.com. It's given me a new perspective on who I can be in the working world.

6.    Let's pretend your life is a blank slate for 1 year - no partner, kids, job, baggage of any sort. You can reinvent yourself completely and take a year to do exactly what you want without any consequence to your current life. How would you spend that year?

I would travel to all the places I've wanted to visit.

7.    What (if anything) are you able to do better now than at any other time in your life?

Not care as much about what other people think - diaper changes in the back of the car, asking to use the bathroom, etc.

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