who's talking tattoo?

After my initial posting, it seemed pertinent that I should try to find other blogs out there if I indeed want to become a part of "a larger conversation" of tattoo. In searching for blogs that I thought might be relevant to my own, I stumbled upon "Tattoo Blog". At first, I scoffed at the title, thinking it was ridiculously vague. As it is no secret that my experience in the blogosphere is somewhat minute... okay non existent (see first essay-like post), and after scrutinizing "Tattoo Blog's" different posts, I realized how liberating a vague blog title could be. This blog is about tattooing in the broadest sense. In fact, there are different authors (7 bloggers) who proceed to display "cavemen ramblings" (MJones) from an array of perspectives. From science and technology and medical suggestions/opinions to "how to" material; as long as it is somewhat related to tattoo, it belongs on the blog. The most recent posts touch on politics, artists, skin,  celebrity gossip, and even conspiracy theory. Not to mention, tattoo "do's and don'ts".

This blog is obviously related to my own endeavors in many ways. I can navigate through and find certain posts that match my own areas of interest, or I can see what else people have to say about tattoo. My own blog's theme is more theoretically driven, and not as dialectic as an open topic like "Tattoo Blog". The flavor and fervor of these bloggers is stirring to me, as I have no idea what I'm doing here in the blogosphere. Each log-in or google search, to me, is a learning experience. "Tattoo Blog" has showed me that there are ways to have a specific audience (people who are interested in tattoos) and also be interesting to others (by means of colorful language). The most important thing I got from reading this blog, and any blog (I think I have read 3?), is that the blogosphere is dialogue driven, hence the text should reflect a conversation.

Unfortunately, where I'm at now is still what one in the Web 2.0 religion would rank as amateur status... or a newb... or is it noob? That being said, I believe that the frequency of postings is "high", as there appears to be at least one a day, and according to technorati, they rank 4,978,471... which is also a high number... so... good? I do know that these bloggers are interested in tattoo, and keep their eyes and ears open to any news relating to tattoo. For instance, Dr. Hook's post "Tattoos By Big Brother" is all about a new ink technology. Dr. Hook explains what it is, RFID ink or radio frequency identification ink, a product that will be injected into skin and used to track animals. He proposes the inventors are using animal tracking as a ruse, and will eventually be violating human rights. He likens the possibility to that of the Nazi's use of tattoos in tracking the Jews/Gypsies and other unfortunate bystanders during the Holocaust. On a completely different train of thought, MJones posts about the detriment the sun can cause on tattoos in "(Don't) Fade to Black". Like Dr. Hook, MJones discusses a product in the world of tattoo, a treatment called "Tattoo Inkgaurd" to prevent sun damage. It's interesting that these two posts are back to back, it makes for entertainingly dynamic and informative reading. 

I recommend checking it out...