/index.php/blog/ en Copyright 2011 2011-07-20T19:00:01+00:00 http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/juniper_networks_network_connect_securid_and_64_bit_linux/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/juniper_networks_network_connect_securid_and_64_bit_linux/#When:20:00:01Z My automated command line solution to connecting to a juniper networks vpn that takes a password *and* a securID token on 64 bit Linux. Juniper Networks, Linux, Network Connect, Open Source, Python 2011-07-20T20:00:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/videomail_the/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/videomail_the/#When:21:52:53Z Labs is pleased to announce a new experiment for summer 2011, the Videomail project. Videomail is a system Labs has developed in partnership with VisibleGains that makes it easy for Constant Contact customers to create and share video content with their contacts. Video 2011-05-03T21:52:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/client-side_image_composition_with_html5/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/client-side_image_composition_with_html5/#When:15:18:00Z As Constant Contact produces more and more video content, we’ve started to run into some unlikely bottlenecks in the video creation process. One of the big ones turns out to be the creation of preview thumbnails, which requires compositing a play button over a frame of video and saving out the resulting image. This simple, but still time-consuming, procedure is a problem we’ve solved for Constant Contact customers through our new Insert Video feature, but it’s still been eating up significant time internally! Rather than continue to create these images manually, Labs took a look at the problem and came up with an automated solution that uses some pretty cutting-edge browser features. Read on for details and a demo. Interface Design, Platforms, Web Development 2011-04-11T15:18:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/now_announcing_fax_marketing/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/now_announcing_fax_marketing/#When:14:41:08Z Update:  April Fools!  This post will remain up for your amusement.  Are your emails not real enough?  Do you want your customers to feel your campaigns in their hands?  Are you tired of licking stamps? 2011-04-01T14:41:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/facebook_join_my_list_tips_and_tricks/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/facebook_join_my_list_tips_and_tricks/#When:21:30:37Z Our Facebook “Join My List” application has really been taking off recently so I thought I’d take the time to look at our most successful users of the app and figure out why they have been successful and pass some tips and tricks on to you. Facebook, Social Networks 2011-01-31T21:30:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/csv_column_discretization_with_java/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/csv_column_discretization_with_java/#When:19:12:28Z When mining a large amount of data, often times you end up with a lot of columns with continuous values. While this is the most “pure” version of the data, sometimes you want to cluster these values into bins to do things like creating histograms or just easy analysis of the distribution of the data. I ran into this when I ran a few Hadoop jobs that spit out CSVs as their output. After looking around online for a while, I couldn’t find any readily available solution, so I wrote up something really quickly to do just this. Data Management, Libraries, Processing, Resources 2011-01-03T19:12:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quick_tip_how_to_dictate_a_newsletter_on-the-go/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quick_tip_how_to_dictate_a_newsletter_on-the-go/#When:21:22:12Z Labs is keenly aware of just how busy Constant Contact customers are - it’s one of the main reasons we added mobile newsletter creation to our QuickView app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad! For some customers, though, tapping out a quick update to subscribers still takes too much time - and for that reason we’re happy to offer this video quick tip! Apps, iPad, Iphone, Mobile 2010-12-23T21:22:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quickview_web_update/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quickview_web_update/#When:18:46:38Z It’s been awhile since we talked about a web-based version of QuickView, and we thought it would be a good time for an update. For those that are wondering “What is this about”, well, let’s just say we’re trying to give non-iPhone users (such as those running Android, WebOS and the latest Blackberry OS) a first-class mobile app using modern HTML5 enabled devices. Android, Apps, Blog, Web Development 2010-11-12T18:46:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quickview_for_iphone_3/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/quickview_for_iphone_3/#When:21:40:40Z Labs is pleased to announce the release of QuickView 3, which adds the ability to create and edit newsletters right from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad! Click through to watch a video walkthrough of this and other great new features. iPad, Iphone, Mobile, Objective-C 2010-11-01T21:40:00Z http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/location_based_services/ http://www.ctctlabs.com/index.php/blog/detail/location_based_services/#When:14:39:46Z Constant Contact Labs is committed to the research of new technologies in support of our mission to bring innovative new services and products to our small business customers. To that end, we’ve been looking very closely at Location-based services and technology. Location-based services have their roots in local search but have recently begun to penetrate all aspects of our daily lives. From how and where consumers shop, to the way in which they interact with their social networks, to the places they visit, Location-based services are used in combination to enhance these experiences. Innovation, Location-based service, Mobile 2010-11-01T14:39:00Z