It’s been a minute since I’ve shared a project update, but I’ve been hard at work writing code and crunching numbers. Browse the two storyboards below to see what’s ahead for the Martin & Bosco Tumblr project.
Two Storyboards of Project Updates
ⓣ Read the text version of the two storyboards.
ⓘ READ ➔ links will be updated as blog posts are published.
ⓘ 📌 marks the most recent post.
Virtual DashCon 2026
Figure 1: The comic strip-style layout shows a timeline of updates for the Martin & Bosco project’s submission to Virtual DashCon 2026. The online convention for Tumblr’s fandom runs August 1 to 2, 2026.
I submitted a proposal to Virtual DashCon 2026, Tumblr’s online fandom convention, held in August. The presentation uses Martin and Bosco’s post as a lens to explore what it means to preserve a beloved Tumblr post on a platform designed to be precarious. You’ll leave with practical insights you can use to save your own work, whether at the blog or individual post level. The session also includes an activity where attendees can share why certain Tumblr posts continue to resonate with them. Wish me luck!
The Cascade Metric Series
Figure 2: The comic strip-style layout highlights the release of the Cascade Metrics blog series. It runs from April to May 2026.
The Cascade Metrics blog series looks at how Martin and Bosco’s post moves through the Tumblr community via reblogs. It treats the cascade, or reblog network, as the life story of the post, and looks beyond the total note count. The series explores the overall structure of the reblog network, how blaze promotion shapes the spread of the post, and how Laura (ie. me!) influences sharing. Don’t worry! Everything is explained in words, so you can follow the story without getting lost in numbers or charts.
Thumbnail Image Credit
The thumbnail image for this post, featuring the word “UPDATE” spelled out in Scrabble tiles, is by Markus Winkler on Pexels. (The image appears in the list of blog posts on the project homepage.) The tiles are a nod to how I’ve been slowly assembling the Cascade Metrics series piece by piece over the past year.