Please Help Me Identify These Cupcakes

Allen Stern - June 4th, 2009

Next week I will be in San Francisco and I am looking forward to stopping by the Twitter office. I am hoping to meet with the Twitter team and film a short video interview. I’d like to learn more about the technology, expansion plans, international services, etc.  Since my previous support requests went completely unanswered I have no idea how to schedule a meeting so I plan to just stop by.

I am also very interested in getting added to the default list (also known as the suggested user list). We all know that getting on that list means bigtime pageviews and book deals. I am totally ready as I have added more servers to CN and already have a title for my book.

In speaking with the community, there appears to be several ways to get on the default list. They include:

  • being a celebrity – this one won’t work for me unless you count the time I was on the news for capturing video footage of a man who fell onto the subway tracks or the time I won the big pool at Rainbow Bowling in Brooklyn back in 1991.
  • fluffage – per my policy, fluffing Twitter won’t work
  • FOT (friends of Twitter) – I don’t know the team yet but want to certainly build a true friendship and start with my visit next week
  • cupcakes – here it is!

I love me some cupcakes and it appears the Twitter team does as well. One Twitter user purchased cupcakes and then visited the Twitter office – shortly thereafter she became a default user. Please view the cupcake delivery video and help me understand where she purchased the cupcakes – it looks like Kari’s Cupcakes? I’d like to get the same cupcakes to maximize the potential for list addition.

So please help me identify the cupcakes in the image below – and help me get on the default list!

Unlike many of the others on the list who just pimp their own links, I have devised a split plan that will help everyone. The plan is to share CN links 25% of the time, CN reader links 50% of the time and charity links 25% of the time.

I plan to post updates as we move closer to the meeting date. Thanks for your help!

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  1. [...] that it seemed to be populated by people who usually said nice things about the service. Well Allen Stern is setting about to see if he can fluff or cupcake his way onto the list as he heads out towards Twitter HQ soon. word has it that he is also going to be doing a whole [...]

  2. Allen Stern says:

    wow those look very tasty till – i like a white/yellow cupcake base with a light chocolate icing with some sprinkles or such – i dont care much for the typically heavier chocolate cupcake base.

  3. till says:

    http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=cupcakes+berlin&m=text

    Best cupcakes ever. I’ll take you when you visit. :) Btw, bib and berg are coming over in August. You wanna join in? Get some bahn, get some Berlin. How about it?

  4. Allen Stern says:

    Thanks Colleen – thing is I know Kara’s work for Default List Acceptance (DLA) – but maybe i get a miette for myself :)

  5. Colleen says:

    Karas are good, but Miette is better – trust me. http://www.miette.com

  6. What do I need to buy you to get to CN’s recommended list?

  7. Susan Beebe says:

    Here ya go Allen … twitter cupcakes!!

    –> Kara’s Cupcakes http://www.karascupcakes.com/

    –> http://www.karascupcakes.com/locations.html

    Cheers!

    @SusanBeebe

  8. Darren says:

    Here you go Allen I used my secret sources and have come up with this http://www.karascupcakes.com/

  9. Allen Stern says:

    HA Ha Alex – I love twitter! twitter is so cool

  10. Allen Stern says:

    Sounds good Pat – I will send a truck of cupcakes to your address – thanks

  11. Alex Wilhelm says:

    Just dropping by? Do they know you’re coming? I almost did that, but I do not have quite your reputation Allen. Have fun (get pics!). :)

  12. Allen,

    I saw your post about not being on the “default list”.

    I feel sooo sorry for you.

    I have decided (out of the goodness of my heart to add you to MY “Default List”.

    Known as the “DL.”

    Just send several dozen cupcakes and other goodies to me at:

    Pat O’Mahony, 1506 Versailles Drive, Richardson, Tx 75081.

    I look forward to putting you on the “DL”.

    Pat

  13. Allen Stern says:

    ok sounds good{and plenty}

  14. Cupcakes are so Web 1-point-oh.

    Do a Candy Bar Board: http://www.chocolate-candy-mall.com/chocolate-candy-bar-cards.html

    Something like this will get you In-Like-Flynn:
    ———-
    Dear Twitter Team,

    You are such Hunky[bar] guys. (blacked out the c in Chunky)
    I just wanted to Take 5 [bar] minutes to tell you
    how Special[bar] you are to me. (Special Dark Hershey’s)
    I couldn’t find greater friends if I searched all
    across the Milky Way[bar]. I would follow
    you anywhere, even to Mars[bar]. If you
    ever Crunch[bar] my heart, (Nestle Crunch)
    I know I would fall to Pieces[bar] (Reese’s Pieces)
    I hope this card makes you Snicker[bar] (s blacked out)
    and have a wonderful day!
    This letter is sealed with a Kiss[bar]. (Hershey’s kiss)

    Love,
    Allen
    ———-

    /sarcasm

  15. Allen Stern says:

    Thanks for the reminder Donna!

  16. Donna says:

    Allen,
    Don’t forget your Entrepreneur magazine interview too :) Or doesn’t print media count towards celebrity-ness?

    Good Luck!

  17. Maggie says:

    great idea – looks like chocolate cupcakes

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