Kasayka, for your home

Om Malik, Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 11:31 AM PT Comments (1)

John Cook writes about digital lifestyle stealth mode start-up, Kasayka Corp. (Japanese for home lifestyle) that will make digital home a reality. The company has about $3.3 million in funding and is the brainchild of ex-Microserf Robbie Cape.

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January 25th, 2006
4:36 PM PT

[...] Have you noticed that the names of start-ups are getting stranger and stranger! Anyway, Mike Li, co-founder of Sixth Sense popped in today, and he lamented, “We cannot use any English names, because most of the good ones are taken.” That explains why we are suddenly seeing an influx of Japanese names. I am currently using a massively cool “scrapbook-meets-note taker” product from Bare Bones Software called YoJimboYesterday, John Cook had blogged about Kasyaka, which is Japanese for home lifestyle. Interesting trend! Any meaningful Japanese names you can suggest for start-ups? [...]

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