Now that Pebble has fulfilled the backlog of early demand it faced, and shipped over 190,000 Pebble watches to backers and buyers, and released a mature software development framework, I asked Migicovsky what's the next phase for the company, suggesting new hardware product might be on the horizon.
A further 283,000 homes would also need to be built to meet both new demand and the backlog of housing need in London, it said.
While the company has solved backlog issues with the iPad and reduced the backlog of iPhone orders, demand is still exceeding supply, a factor that may accelerate when Verizon Wireless begins carrying the iPhone next month.
In another sign that demand has fallen off sharply, the backlog-of-orders index fell to its lowest level in five months, to 42.5 from 49.0.
Linda D. Rappaport, the on-site broker for Greenthal Property Sales, the complex's management company, ascribed the strong sales in part to a backlog of demand from the two previous years, plus the first-time home buyer tax credit and a free introductory year of golf and tennis.
As a result of a period in which the increase in households has outstripped the creation of additional housing there is a backlog of demand.
David Noble, CEO at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, flagged up that the backlog of work is rising, meaning more demand for workers with the right skills: "The surge in demand resulted in backlogs of work escalating at the sharpest rate in over 16 years.
According to the NWLC's complaint, the Education Department denied the FOIA petition "due to the backlog of requests and the competing demands for the time of staff that are working to respond to [NWLC's] request". .
"There was a breakthrough around '98, '99, when it became acceptable to create whole worlds through re-creations, and there was a huge backlog of demand for stories that could now be done".
