Does Last.fm have the balls?

Written on December 22, 2007 – 12:44 am
Robert Gaal, co-founder of Wakoopa

Well, you be the judge. Take a look at what CBS money can buy.

Yes, this is not a joke. Last.fm built an actual ball pit in their office, just like XKCD. I think this ranks pretty high amongst the top 10 of the coolest things I’ve- no wait, this is the best thing ever. How long do you think it will take for some reporter to see this as a sign that Web 2.0 has jumped the shark?

All we have at The Next Web office is a ping pong table… That’s it, I’m on strike!

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4 comments/trackbacks to “Does Last.fm have the balls?”

Dec 28, 2007: Style over Substance » Last.fm ballenbak
[...] Veels. Te. Gaaf. Bij Last.fm hebben de werknemers (van hun eigen geld) genoeg ballenbak-ballen gekocht om een vergaderzaal te vullen. Ik moet ook een baan regelen bij een 2.0 startup… (via) [...]
Jun 29, 2008: Rockola: experiment with your music mood
[...] don’t see it becoming my main source for new music. For that, I stay close to an old friend, owned by CBS. cm_api_urlproxy=’http://thenextweb.org/wp-content/plugins/commentag_plugin.php?proxy=1&’;I hope [...]

By RJ on Dec 22, 2007 | Reply

We have a ping pong table too :)
By Gonzague Dambricourt on Dec 28, 2007 | Reply

And their team is really nice, interesting to talk with. I recently met Claire (Business Dev.) and Gregory (Country Manager) at LeWeb3 and it was a real pleasure