Jason Hong's Confabulations

Here is a YouTube video of my talk at the World Economic Forum on Smartphones, Personal Data, and Healthcare.

I recently wrote up an article on Quartz looking at why public officials are using personal email accounts for business, looking at it from a usability and security perspective . Why are so many politicians turning to personal email in the first place? This trend may justifiably raise concerns about transparency and legality. But why are so many politicians turning to personal email in the first place? It could be that usability issues are driving our public officials and their subordinates to use personal accounts.