One place where product teams tend to slip up is in confusing the value proposition of their product with its unique differentiation. They are related but different.

A value proposition is what do I get by choosing to use or pay for your product?

Unique differentiation is what your product does that others don’t.

The mistake product teams make is that just because a feature or product is unique doesn’t make it valuable to your users. This is a common mistake when going up against an incumbent

Gergely Orosz has uncovered a tech conference organizer that regularly lists non-existent female speakers on its agenda.

The DevTernity conference occurring on December 7th & 8th lists a female Coinbase engineer and a WhatsApp engineer who are completely made up.

Similar fake profiles have been discovered on the speaker roster for JDKon, a Java conference by the same organization.

This is a new low.

There are too many talented female engineers to pull this crap. 🤬

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gergelyorosz_software-engineer-anna-boyko-has-an-impressive-activity-7134825190613491712-e0GS/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

The day is almost here. Google will start deleting inactive Gmail and Google Photos accounts that haven’t been accessed within 2 years this week (December 1st).

This is a final reminder that if you have a Gmail or Google Photos account that you haven’t used in a while, log in to ensure it doesn’t get deleted.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2023/11/23/google-will-mass-delete-old-gmail-and-photos-content-next-week/

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