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 storyboard below to see what’s ahead for the Martin & Bosco Tumblr project.
Here are two highlights:
I submitted a proposal to Virtual DashCon 2026. 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 will leave with insights you can apply when saving your own work. The session also includes an activity where attendees can share why certain Tumblr posts have continued to resonate with them. Wish me luck!
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.
Storyboard of Project Updates
New blog posts will be released weekly in April and May 2026.
ⓣ Read the text version of the storyboard.
ⓘ “READ ➔” links will be updated as blog posts are published.
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Cascade Metrics:
Structure of
the Reblog Network
READ ➔
April 21
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Cascade Metrics:
Impact of
Blaze Promotion
READ ➔
April 28
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Cascade Metrics:
Laura’s Role in
the Reblog Network
READ ➔
May 5
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Cascade Metrics:
Summary &
Methodology
READ ➔
May 12
Figure 1: The comic strip-style layout shows a timeline of updates for the Martin & Bosco project. It highlights milestones and the release of the Cascade Metrics blog series, which will run from April to May 2026.
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.