Meet Karissa

Hello! I’m Karissa Skirmont, and I love color (preferably shades of purple) and think that white, black and gray alone are just boooring! I also know that people like to deal with people, not just some faceless company. In 2005 I started Kissa’s Kreations, a website and graphic design company for Entrepreneurs with a niche of a predominate direct sales company. I have several projects like Karissa Recommends, which is a listing of my favorite websites, services, apps and cool tech gadgets. I'm an organizer for my local WordPress Meetup Community www.WordPressKC.com and annual WordCamp conference http://kansascity.wordcamp.org. I help my clients with websites, graphic design, social media, marketing and branding consulting. In a nutshell, I help small business owners! Continue reading my story...

Tired of struggling to remember your passwords?

There is a better, secure way! Since October of 2007 I have used Roboform*. It is one tool I could not live without! Right now I have over 950 passwords saved between my own personal ones, my families, my businesses and clients. I can't even image how anyone else does it without a password management program. Yes there are others like LastPass, KeePass and Dashlane but when I tried them after years of using Roboform (they started in 1997), it wasn't as fluid or intuitive for me so I stuck … Continue Reading

Warning if you have Windows 7 or 8

Microsoft is forcing the upgrade to Windows 10 which could potentially cause you to loose time, data, passwords (you should be using Roboform) and slow the internet while it downloads the massive files - without your permission. This update will suddenly shut down your computer, locking you out if you are working on stuff while it does its thing. People allow Microsoft to install recommended updates because they trust the company to keep their PCs safe by installing bug and security fixes … Continue Reading

How I Created my Work Space

This is a response to the article "How to create a functional work space at home" written by Erin Flynn. Having a comfortable and functional work space is a necessity when working from home. You can’t focus if your space is a mess, and you can’t work efficiently if you don’t have everything you need within easy reach. Continue reading on http://erineflynn.com/create-functional-work-space and then come back and see how I do it. Wow so think like her! I agree and do all 8 … Continue Reading

My New Office Arrangment

I've put a lot of thought into what surrounds me where I spend the greatest part of my life and would love to share it with you. Here's a photo of my office command center in it's arrangement as of July 2015: 360* view of the room: I have three 27" LED Asus monitors on a 72" Versa Center Desk with Dioder 4 Piece Light Strip Set* (set to purple) , Merc Stealth Steelseries Keyboard* (that glows purple), Delcom Quad Foot Switch (for my push to talk), Logitech G500* gaming mouse, Samson … Continue Reading