ReadWriteWeb

Last week, ReadWriteWeb and RWW Jobwire both reported on Twitter acquiring Rael Dornfest's company, Values of n. The acquisition brought Rael to Twitter, along with products Sandy and Stikkit. The unfortunate part of the news for Sandy users was that - like Six Apart's acquisition of Pownce - Twitter has decided to shutter the Values of n services, leaving a number of faithful users without a virtual digital assistance.

But all hope may not be lost. Lifehacker reports that a group of developers are scrambling to develop an open-source version of Sandy.