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title: Gone to the island
description: The release schedule of Ubuntu is tied to a 6 month cycle, also called
  cadence. Similarly, a lot of our work and planning falls onto our diaries like country
  festivals on farmer’s calendar. Ubuntu Developer Summits are obviously the main
  events. However, if you work on Canonical Design Team, there are plenty of other
  events  […]
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10 August 2012

# Gone to the island

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The release schedule of Ubuntu is tied to a 6 month cycle, also called cadence. Similarly, a lot of our work and planning falls onto our diaries like country festivals on farmer’s calendar.

Ubuntu Developer Summits are obviously the main events. However, if you work on Canonical Design Team, there are plenty of other events to attend to as well.

Last week we were in the Isle of Man having a work sprint with the Product Strategy group. Obviously we took an advantage of the setting and embarked on some off-piste activities in our free time. Here’s a little gallery:

Similar, if not better scenes have also taken place in Florida, California, South Africa…

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