Life has been rather crazy. So here's an update on what has been going on in recent weeks...
There hasn't been any new issues since March, this is because I spent most of April managing orders & also preparing for the third issue. I had the second series designed & ready to go - as well as rough drafts of the next issue. But suddenly my computer became irresponsive. It turned out that I actually had hard drive failure so my data was pretty much poof. After failed personal attempts to recover it, I had to turn to a local repair shop to help me recover my data from my laptop (& two externals that became corrupted while trying to recover my laptop - a 500GB & a 2TB). I was left in a rut with no data or anything to work with. The recovery process took awhile & I wasn't able to actually recover one of my drives unless I spent thousands of dollars to ship it out to be restructure in a dust free room. Being a starving artist, I don't really have that option so I made the best of it where I could.
In part, some of the data that I lost were they many websites I have worked hard on over the past couple of months. Not only were my clients data lost, but every single aspect of the Nu-Common Sense website was lost too. Aside from the multi-week repair, I have now faced a new challenge to recreate all the data I lost. Receiving a part of my drive & a somewhat repaired computer, I have been hard at work for the past two weeks making up & tackling a project every day. Nothing like spending summer inside sitting at a computer every day - but it was worth it.
Since then I have managed to raise the standard of my previous work & have an entirely new website available. With this, comes the first two issues completely redesigned & updated. It was a large task but I am very happy with the results. This is the Nu-Common Sense that you can see today on our website. With the digital work being taken care of, another task I tackled, as soon as I had a drive & data to make progress, was to place the order for the second series. The delay set me back a good month so I had a lot of orders waiting. Luckily I manage to take care of it quickly as I already had everything prepared. Fast forward to today & they are currently finishing up production, & am looking to see them arrive in the next week & a half. I'm remaining hopeful & still going with the flow - but nonetheless, I'm excited.
It's been a stressful but busy turn of events, & being a one man team - I had nothing but time to accomplish these tasks. But I am glad that nearly everything is caught up, & I am ready to get back towards working on the upcoming issue.
I have a lot planned, & being the new kid in town, I have been off to a good pace. I'm looking forward to the possibilities & opportunities that will present themselves when the time is ready.
Stay tuned!
Eric Tecce,
Founder & Lead Artist at Nu-Common Sense
