links for 2009-06-21

• Failed Prostate Procedures at the Philadelphia V.A. - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
  If the New York Times doesn't survive, it won't be for lack of trying. Check out this knock-out animated diagram of botched prostate cancer procedures. Explains things simply and clearly.
  (tags: newyorktimes cancer treatment medicine)
• Henry Jenkins on Transmedia - November 2009 on Vimeo
  Transmedia storytelling theory? 1. Yeah, media power to the people. This is new? 2. Storytelling is a broken metaphor when working in interactive. You can tell stories with some media but not all; this is a problem when your theory is supposed to pull all media together. 3. The best story is still The Matrix, which is a case of transmedia fandom perhaps, but not transmedia storytelling.
  (tags: henryjenkins culture technology media multimedia transmedia socialmedia convergence)