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 information or blog posts become available.
ⓘ 🎉 marks a celebration.
ⓘ 📌 marks the most recent post.
Virtual DashCon 2026
Figure 1: Comic strip-style timeline of updates for a submission to present at Virtual DashCon 2026. The Tumblr fandom convention runs August 1 to 2, 2026 on Discord.
I submitted a proposal to Virtual DashCon 2026, Tumblr’s online fandom convention, held in August on Discord. What’s more perfect than talking about a Tumblr post with a Tumblr audience? 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 ways 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.
Update: The proposal, “I block all blaze posts, but yours.”, was accepted! See you at Virtual DashCon. 🎉
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.
Note: I’m a slow writer, so dates are subject to change. I’m doing my best. XD
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.