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  <updated>2009-10-30T13:11:23Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for Twitter Hires Rael Dornfest, Shutters Values of n</title>
  
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    <published>2008-11-25T00:39:55Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-25T01:01:49Z</updated>
    <title>Twitter Hires Rael Dornfest, Shutters Values of n</title>
    <summary>Twitter just announced on the company blog that the company has acquired the assets of Portland, Oregon based Values of n and brought its well-known engineer founder Rael Dornfest on to the Twitter staff. Dornfest&apos;s latest project at Values of n was an anthropomorphized personal assistant service called Sandy. We&apos;re covering the deal in more...</summary>
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      <name>Marshall Kirkpatrick</name>
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      <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/twitter-logosmall.jpg">Twitter <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2008/11/meet-rael-dornfest.html">just announced</a> on the company blog that the company has acquired the assets of Portland, Oregon based <a href="http://www.raelity.org/">Values of n</a> and brought its well-known engineer founder Rael Dornfest on to the Twitter staff.  Dornfest's latest project at Values of n was an anthropomorphized personal assistant service called <a href="http://iwantsandy.com/">Sandy</a>.</p>

<p>We're covering the deal in more depth on our new blog about tech company hires <a href="http://readwriteweb.com/jobwire">Jobwire</a>.  Please <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/jobwire/2008/11/rael-dornfest-and-his-firm-val.php">see our coverage there for more details</a> about what's sure to be a very interesting move.</p>]]>
      
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12711-comment:117997</id>
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    <title>Comment from dan on 2008-11-24</title>
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        <name>dan</name>
        <uri>http://www.logblo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>who are the twitter people? read here if ur a twitter person</p>

<p><a href="http://www.logblo.com/2008/11/24/WhoAreTheTwitterPeople.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.logblo.com/2008/11/24/WhoAreTheTwitterPeople.aspx</a></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-11-25T07:26:47Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12711-comment:118017</id>
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    <title>Comment from Alex Young on 2008-11-25</title>
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        <name>Alex Young</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>It's sad to see their services go, Values of n were a cool company.</p>

<p>In case you want something similar, my company makes Deadline which we launched last week.  It's simpler than Sandy but works with mobiles and has an API: <a href="http://deadlineapp.com">http://deadlineapp.com</a></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-11-25T09:40:54Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.12711-comment:118158</id>
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    <title>Comment from Ted on 2008-11-25</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Crap...the death of Sandy? I REALLY liked that service, especially the twitter integration</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-11-26T03:13:20Z</published>
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