I’ve taken a little time to relax amidst the post hurricane Irene cleanup, do to a little recreational programming. It the sort of thing that I do when I’m stressed. My latest project has been to play with the Empire Avenue API. Using this, I’ve come up with a few people to suggest for Follow Friday.

@benrobbins owns 50 shares of (e)AHYNES1. His Empire Ave shares are trading at about 44 and he has strong earnings. He also has a strong KLOUT score. He describes himself as an “Entrepreneur, inbound marketer, [and] general web geek”.

I’m not sure who I originally came across @Mamacita. I want to say that it was through something like MyBlogLog or BlogCatalog several years ago. I bought a few of her Empire Ave shares when I first started. She also currently has strong earnings and a strong KLOUT score. She describes herself as a “Social Media Specialist, Writer, Speaker, Internet Watchdog, Absentminded Professor, Education Advocate/Critic, [and] Mommy”.

Next on my list is @MrktgMommy_JWil I think I probably found her on Empire Ave. She owns 10 shares of (e0AHYNES1. She has strong earnings, but her KLOUT score is only in the twenties. She describes herself as a “Blogger at MarketingMommy.com. Mother, Christian, book-lover, and hockey fan.”

@rough_edges is next on my list. He doesn’t have a lot of Twitter activity, but still has pretty good earnings. Not surprisingly, his KLOUT score is in the twenties. This is another person I probably found via Empire Ave. He owns 50 shares in (e)AHYNES1. He lacks a description on Twitter.

@ejc describes himself as a “Lead designer at Scopely. Full time Designer, Developer, Illustrator, Mac Nerd. Part time Writer, Actor, [and] Improviser.” He has strong earnings and a good KLOUT score. I only own a few shares in (e)EJC and he doesn’t own any in me. I’m not sure how I stumbled across him.

Ending off this week’s list is @Merlandre. He describes himself as a “retired HR director”. He owns 10 shares of (e)AHYNES1 has had good earnings, but his KLOUT score is only 30.

I’ve bought a few more shares in each of them, and will probably do some similar buying over the coming days. Later, I hope to write in more details about how I came up with the list, some of the caveats, issues with the #EAv API, and other ideas I have about programming with the #EAv API. Let me know your thoughts, especially if you have looked at the API.