«I personally have a very optimistic view of the future and I honestly believe that we'll all be better off as machines take on repetitive non-thinking tasks like e-mail
ping pong to set up a meeting.
Hence all
those ping pong tables at start - ups may not simply be a means to attract youthful talent, but a practical method to increase creativity.
Photos surfaced showing the founders playing an innocent game of
ping pong at San Francisco
ping pong bar SPiN.
Inside, there are walls you can draw on,
ping pong tables, Lego stations, gaming arcades and free haircuts.
Following the dinner, the group headed to the «Babes and Balls» party and played
ping pong.
It offers «Starcraft, dedicated game rooms, DDR (yep, a real machine)» in addition to the usual
ping pong tournaments.
There's also a miniature putting green and driving cage for golf enthusiasts,
ping pong tables, bean bag toss and giant foosball.
Employees aren't connecting over
ping pong tables, and open floorplans aren't making teams any more open with one another.
An attendee plays
ping pong with the Omron Corp..
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the ping pong paddle you'll need at boutique hotels targeting a new type of business traveler.
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, left, plays
ping pong with Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and a Berkshire Hathaway director, during a shareholder event on the sidelines of the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday, May 3, 2015.
Pod 39 in New York recently added a Play Room equipped with
ping pong tables and classic board games like Parcheesi.
Over a game of
ping pong, presumably.
«When you look at the way that companies are adopting benefits these days, you see a lot of people doing things like offering free lunches, beer, and
ping pong tables,» says Gradifi CMO Meera Oliva.»
Jack Nicklaus recently told a story about watching Tiger and Mickelson play
ping pong.
But
ping pong games became especially competitive.
«Instead, what we should do is take a hot shower or play
ping pong.»
You may decide that your employees don't need
that ping pong table after all.
Job seekers entering today's workplace are used to company websites listing bottomless snacks and
ping pong tables before health benefits.
Instead, it is set up in a way that encourages employee interaction and entertainment, including flying sharks (to represent our nemesis, the loan shark) and a mobile DJ station, a library and
a ping pong table.
As you can see in this photo (right), it looks like a little
ping pong ball.
It's an economic hub replete with free snacks,
ping pong tables, and whimsically named conference rooms.
It's like we're
a ping pong ball.»
Most of these things could be resolved quickly, by talking, instead of playing email
ping pong.
Thus, you have baristas in the office, or beer on tap, or game rooms with bean bag chairs and
ping pong tables.
Game room equipped with video games,
ping pong and a pool table where employees can relax and enjoy an ice cream
Sure, you can switch it up by handing out gift cards or «fun» rewards like
ping pong tables or beanbag chairs, but eventually the promise of tangible rewards starts to wear thin.
However, it still appears that much of the price action remains a long - dated
ping pong consolidation as traders await storage injection season.
«It's not all about
ping pong tables, video games, and happy hours» says DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Schuck.
«This is a little pizza place that a lot of people I know in Washington take their kids, it's got
ping pong,» she said.
«It's not all about
ping pong tables, video games, and happy hours.
You might add free meals or an office
ping pong table.
100,000: The number of new places to buy an alcoholic beverage in the U.S. that have been added since 2007, according to Nielsen, which notes the expansion of drinking outlets in places like dart clubs, movie theaters, and social
ping pong establishments.
Maybe you can spring for
a ping pong table in the snack room, but you can't imagine footing the bill for health insurance for you, your employees and families.
Back and forth like
a ping pong game.
members, movies with members; book and Step studies with members, church with members, playing
ping pong and pool with members, and hanging out at sober clubs.»
An imperialism of the present also thrives within a populist evangelicalism shaped by the likes of the celebrated evangelist Billy Sunday, who once boasted, «I don't know any more about theology than a jackrabbit does about
ping pong, but I'm on the way to glory.»
«Tasteful Selections are baby potatoes ranging from about the size of a marble up to the size of
a ping pong ball,» he continues.
Once cool, use your hands to make
ping pong size balls and flatten into a cookie shapes (you can use a wet finger).
Scoop dough with an ice cream scooper (1.5 tbsp size) or use a piping bag and squeeze out
a ping pong ball size onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
BUT what really inspired me to comment is I love
the ping pong picture from the wedding!
If at the last minute we decide to invite some friends to come over and play
ping pong on the weekend, I can have this dip ready to go, displayed nicely on the kitchen counter, and still have the energy for some fearsome
ping pong doubles.
If you haven't played doubles
ping pong, you don't know what you're missing.
Shape the fish and mash mixture into balls (
ping pong ball size) and then pat into fish cake shapes.
Scoop heaping Tablespoons (I just use a Tablespoon scoop and make sure the dough is rounded over the edge, the size of
ping pong ball.)
Using a scoop or a spoon roll out your meatballs to be about the size of
a ping pong ball.
Best served hot, this cheesy dip is perfect for your next party or even Tuesday night
ping pong!
KFAS offers complimentary access to a pool table,
ping pong table and Lego table, as well as board games, movies, daily crafts, and rooms dedicated to playing Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.
And then there's the on - site Activity Center complete with a movie theater,
ping pong, foosball, board games, video game room, basketball court and covered playground.
The Doubletop Bar & Grill, for instance, offers a playful nod to the region's history by offering classic resort games such as
ping pong and shuffleboard.