Podcasts about cat noone

Cat Noone is a product designer turned founder, and now CEO of Stark, a startup streamlining accessibility compliance for software teams. We talked about her path from designer to business leader, the mistakes made along the way, and how she keeps a high bar for craft of the product and of decision making.

In this episode, we're joined by Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, a startup transforming digital accessibility. From her background in special education to creating industry-leading accessibility solutions for Adobe and Disney and beyond, Cat brings a unique perspective to the table. Tune in as we discuss Stark's mission, the challenges of integrating accessibility into product development, and the future of inclusive design. Whether you're a designer or a tech enthusiast, this conversation with Cat is sure to inspire. Don't miss it! Website: www.getstark.co LinkedIn: /in/catnoone/ Twitter: @imcatnoone Blog: heyimcat.com More Episodes: ⁠The Limina Podcast⁠ Music by TimTaj: ⁠⁠https://timtaj.com⁠⁠⁠ Modern Technologies by TimTaj: ⁠⁠https://timtaj.com⁠⁠ This is Interview by TimTaj: ⁠⁠https://timtaj.com⁠

As it's International Women's Day, I wanted to do what we did last year and hand the episode over to some of the amazing women I have had on the show in the past year, and of course I will link to each of their original episodes  below so that you can check them out in full.In order of appearance in today's show, we have the wonderful Cat Noone of Stark, Noor Shaker of X-Chem and Glamourous AI, Ayah Bdeir of LittleBits, Jane Metcalfe of Wired and Neo Life, Dr Mary-Lou Jepsen of Oculus and OpenWater, Deb Liu of PayPal and Ancestry.com, Jennifer Phan of Passionfroot, Polina Marinova Pompliano of The Profile and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon of Stemettes.These incredible women each share one piece advice to their younger selves – some of them are utterly heart warming whilst others are funny, useful, serious and above all, they are all important messages I wanted to share with you today. So I hope you enjoy them and check out the full episode of each because they are brilliant and I want you to know about them and share their inspiring stories. Enjoy! 

For years, accessibility has hardly been a priority in the tech industry. But companies are finally starting to realize that designing services for all is a move where everyone wins. In today's episode, we chat with Stark's CEO Cat Noone about building accessible products and the importance of software that doesn't exclude by design.You'll find a full transcript of today's episode here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/starks-ceo-cat-noone-on-designing-accessible-products/You can listen to our own story of accessibility with the Intercom Messenger Notification sound here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercoms-notification-sound/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest is designer, founder and CEO,  Cat Noone.Cat grew up with her grandparents in Brooklyn, New York. She started her career in web design and then worked in special education before founding the Iris app which was a modern-day emergency alert – and going on to co-found and be Chief Designer Officer at Liberio, an eBook publishing tool. Cat is now co-founder and CEO of Stark – which provides a beautifully designed suite of tools for designers and developers to ensure their software products are more accessible and compliant for all.In today's episode, Cat and I discuss the difficult childhood she had and how it shaped her a person as well the career path she has followed, making technology as accessible as possible to all. At the core of Cat's mission is something close to her heart - this idea that no one should be excluded. No one should be left behind. It's a truly heartfelt conversation and I am so grateful to Cat for opening up like this. As I say in the interview, I really believe that in being vulnerable as founders, we help others and I think that sums Cat up. She wants to channel her energy for good. And she does exactly like that.I really enjoyed our conversation and feel I learned a lot from it. And I think you will too. You're listening to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and to learn the inspiring, human stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day. Cat Twitter / Instagram / Stark / Substack NewsletterDanielle Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter  

Welcome to the Danielle Newnham Podcast where I interview tech founders and innovators to learn the inspiring, human, stories behind the game-changing tech we use every day. I am so excited to be back and I have another incredible lineup of guests this year which I can't wait to share with you so don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts so you don't miss out.Just so you know, I am changing things a little bit this year and trialling weekly episodes vs different series so let me know what you think.And as always, I will be talking to really inspiring founders, innovators and investors about a myriad of topics from reimagining education to NFTs, impact investing, accessible tech and the highs and lows of building game-changing products. There's also a big focus on the human side of these stories this year so do hit the subscribe button to be the first to hear each one.Finally, I hope you all had a wonderful break and are raring to go in 2022 – I cannot wait to share these really special episodes with you.

How can we do better at designing websites and applications, so that they cater for people with special needs? Our guest today is Cat Noone, CEO of Stark. You’ll hear about Cat’s mission-driven SaaS, examples of inclusive design, her tool recommendations, as well as her expert tips on accessible design.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music.Show NotesStark — Cat’s companyHanlon’s razor — a rule of thumb that states “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”Figma, AdobeXD, Sketch — popular UI design softwareStark raises $1.5M for a toolkit that helps developers and others create more inclusive design — a TechCrunch announcement of Stark’s recent fundingApple’s Human Interface GuidelinesStark’s blogUnderstanding Conformance — a W3 article on WCAG 2.0 conformance levels (AA/AAA regulations)Apple, Microsoft, Fable, Barclays — companies that do great at inclusive designMicrosoft Design — where to download Microsoft’s inclusive design toolkitSign up for Stark’s newsletterStark’s Slack communityFollow Stark on Twitter and InstagramFollow Cat on TwitterToday’s SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Userlist — a lifecycle messaging tool for your SaaS product. At Userlist, our mission is to make your founder journey more enjoyable and less overwhelming. That’s why we built an email automation tool that does exactly what you need. No more, no less. Manage your users, segment them, and get in touch throughout their journey — all based on their behavior. Try Userlist free whenever you’re ready at userlist.com.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.

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Stark, a New York-based startup that lets designers others building with design software run their files through an integrated tool that checks it and provides color edits and other suggestions to help them meet guidelines for people who see less well, has picked up $1.5 million. Stark plans to use the funding to continue building integrations into commonly-used design apps and create integrations for developers (where it will read and provide guidance on code: next up is a Github integration), and continue building out its business with expanded pricing and usage tiers. Led by Cat Noone, who raised with no in-person meetings in the midst of a global pandemic and economic crisis, Stark is position to take over the compliance and accessibility market through a bottoms up, community first approach. Her story today on Rocketship.fm. This podcast is brought to you by: Digital Ocean is a cloud provider that makes it easy for entrepreneurs and startups to deploy and scale web applications with no issues and unplanned costs. Get started for free at do.co/rocketship. Teamistry is a new podcast brought to you by Atlassian. Teamistry is the chemistry of unsung teams that achieve the impossible. Season two begins on September 21st. Subscribe today. Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:22 - Episode begins1:09 - Webflow announced the Webflow World Tour Winners1:19 - Business or E-Commerce Prototype: Zoom Prototype by Sarkis Buniatyan1:41 - Best Enterprise Solution: Webflow Haypi by Finsweet5:25 - Best Integration or Add-on: Vivek Shukla5:56 - Best Social Impact Project: STEAMCycle6:10 - Best Portfolio or Side Project: The Mountaineer by Amit Patel6:25 - Best Cloned Project or Use of a Pre-built Template: Shariar Azad Evan7:23 - Webflow Update: Control font display settings for faster loading8:25 - Built-in text accessibility contrast checker9:54 - Cat Noone of Stark (Listen to our episode with her)10:57 - Webflow listed as one of the top 100 private cloud companies11:30 - Glide Update: Glide released another course on building your own custom tasks12:00 - Glide also released the ability to release your own personal app12:44 - Adalo had a “Make a Clone” challenge13:47 - Adalo's Two-Minute Tuesday for the Stopwatch component + Lottie component14:00 - Minimum Studio14:28 - Airtable raises $185M and releases 3 huge new features14:52 - Airtable Automations15:44 - Airtable Apps16:12 - Airtable Sync22:00 - Outseta23:00 - Stacker has been funded!25:05 - IFTTT Pro has arrived26:08 - Notion's API is coming! They're hiring a Dev Advocate26:27 - Notion's security flaw28:21 - Integromat responded to Matt's comment re: Support28:49 - Parabola33:38 - EPISODE: Best Build Strategies for Webflow35:30 - Style Guide36:40 - Wireframing37:15 - Understanding what content you're going to use before you start38:00 - Sticky notes + building your CMS39:00 - What are the end goals?49:50 - Components + CMS52:00 - Styling responsively53:00 - Using swatches54:11 - Biggest mistakes we made56:20 - Font optimization57:16 - Webflow Interactions57:45 - Dialing in your testing58:05 - Adding internal scripts58:16 - Fathom Analytics58:30 - Calling different JS libraries58:44 - Ben's pro-tip: Preventing a video from loading on mobile using JS59:45 - Lazy Load (A Webflow default now)1:00:08 - Webflow University1:02:00 - Image Optimizations (TinyPNG, Squoosh App, etc.)1:02:55 - Use SVGs when you can1:03:37 - Use thumbnails when possible in the CMS1:04:00 - Avoid icon fonts1:04:40 - Clean up unused styles1:04:58 - Quick Find (CMD + K or CMD + E)1:05:15 - Webflow 15-sec tutorial on Quick Find

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In this episode, Lacey is joined by Cat Noone from Stark. Stark is a suite of accessibility and compliance tools that are designed for product teams. Cat shares about her background in design and what led her to founding Stark. Additionally, Cat shares about how no code can challenge designers ー and why that's a good thing.

This week on the pod, Erin and JH talk to Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, a suite of tools designed to help teams ship accessible work. They chatted about how accessibility is constantly evolving, what teams can do to get started, and inclusive design. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/awkwardsilences/message

On this episode Abadesi talks to Cat Noone, CEO and designer at Stark, a suite of integrated accessibility compliance tools for teams. She is also co-founder of Iris, a modern-day emergency alert system.In this episode they talk about...The story behind StarkCat was raised by her grandma and says that that experience ingrained in her the drive to create things for people who are otherwise “put aside.” She is a designer by trade and turned out to be an accidental founder. She explains how the project arose out of her earlier work on Iris, which involved creating experiences for older adults. Stark ended up being a product that they built for themselves when they were working on Iris and then evolved into its own standalone product that they now sell to other teams. Why accessible design matters“There may be only twenty thousand people on a product using it that have only one arm but what you don't realize is that there are more individuals that have a broken arm. There are also millions of people that are new parents for the first time and only have access to one arm. So now your 20,000 just skyrocketed to 2 million.”Cat talks about why designing for accessibility and inclusion is important and talks about some of the other initiatives underway in the tech industry to make the web a more inclusive place for everyone. She explains why it’s important from an ethics perspective, but also why it makes financial sense to do so given the risk of negative PR and potential lawsuits. She says that sometimes compliance can be daunting but they are working to make it easier to be compliant with accessibility regulations through their work at Stark. Why they are “investing in customers” at Stark“I’m a huge proponent of investing in customers and so I think a lot of people think about cost of acquisition but we should ask 'how do we build a community that give back and in turns fuels our mission to be the gold standard.'"Cat explains the company philosophy they have at Stark and discusses what it’s like to be a first-time CEO of a “company that’s going somewhere.” She talks about how they think about culture as they grow and the initiatives that they are working on to grow the company, including content marketing, newsletters, and community. She explains what it means to be investing in customers and why they don’t look at customers as an acquisition cost. She talks about why traditional sales don’t work in a company like Stark and why sometimes the best practices for big companies don’t translate well to smaller ones.How she uses time design to be productive“I was someone who spent a lot of time working for a long period of time. It’s hard for me to sit here and say you can’t do that, because that’s how I got to where I am now. If I could go back in time, I would probably still work those long hours — but I’d take care of myself.”Cat admits that she struggled with managing her time in the past but that with some help she’s been able to “design her time” more effectively which has allowed her to get a lot done in the time that she has as a new mom. She says that her entire workday is planned out and that she starts by reading for thirty minutes every day, which she says helps her approach her work with a calm mindset rather than being frantic about all the things she has to do that day. She also says that she works first on the three things that she needs to make sure she gets done in a given day and then starts tackling the rest. She also says that she still makes sure to take care of herself and says that she can be the best mom and businessperson by prioritizing herself.She also talks about some of her favorite products, including the classics like Twitter, Slack, iMessage, WhatsApp, and Airtable, as well as DuckDuckGo for search. She says that she uses a record player to listen to music and explains what it is about vinyl that makes the music sound so much different from electronic music formats. We’ll be back next week so be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Big thanks to Knowable and NetSuite for their support.

Michael returns to the show after traveling the country helping the non-profit the Focus Foundation.  Michelle celebrates her birthday this past week and continues to adjust to motherhood and her career.  Matt used his extended weekend from Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day to complete his progress reports.    If you had a family member that needed a way to communicate, what would you do?  On today's episode March Rogers sits down and talks with Matt to discuss the way Lyra was designed, a symbol to speech app he and a team developed.  He and Cat Noone talk about the process of developing the app, watching March's daughter use it, and the future to use Lyra with others.          SLPs and ABA have been at odds with each other over the scope of their fields.  Recently ASHA submitted a letter to Arizona asking that a line about Communication be removed from licensure pertaining to ABAs.  How loud is too loud?  Hugh Grant recently spoke out that movies have gotten too loud, but cinemas say that they keep the sound below 85 dB.  How loud is too loud and how long can you sustain it?    Funding in every state is strained.  In Pennsylvania, special education classes have grown larger than expected.  This rise in student population means that the current funding strategy is wrong.  Lastly, what is the link between tongue strength and articulation?  A new article shows the link or lack there of between tongue strength and articulation.      Email: speechsciencepodcast@gmail.com Voicemail: (614) 681-1798   Discord: https://discord.gg/3Tm5jrS   New Episode and Interact here: www.speechsciencepodcast.com podcast.speechsciencepodcast.com   Patreon – A Chance for Dinner at ASHA https://www.patreon.com/speechsciencepodcast   Rate and Review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speechscience-org-podcast/id1224862476?fbclid=IwAR3QRzd5K4J-eS2SUGBK1CyIUvoDrhu8Gr4SqskNkCDVUJyk5It3sa26k3Y&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&mt=2  ----more---- Show Links   Lyra App https://www.getlyra.com/   ABA and SLPs https://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/ASHA-Comment-Letter-to-AHCCS-AZ-about-ABA-091919.pdf   Tongue Strength and Articulation https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0023?fbclid=IwAR3PKXSH40ebFSKqoFK-urL6LqdVkoGZfjApTXMpELlfvxt7sz6IMt7bk8E   Rise in Special Education https://levittownnow.com/2019/10/14/rise-in-special-education-needs-causes-pa-officials-to-rethink-funding-formula/   Deafening Cinema https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/13/cinema-noise-levels-ruining-films-joker-hugh-grant?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&fbclid=IwAR1CT7MOD4Vaemk7SNkHCoZ8lPAkrmYOd3rYtuNAWD3z_1QpjaV1olf2D3E   http://dangerousdecibels.org/education/information-center/noise-induced-hearing-loss/#targetText=With%20extended%20exposure%2C%20noises%20that,loud%20enough%20to%20cause%20damage.     Intro Music: Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. Bump Music: County Fair Rock, copyright of John Deku, at soundcloud.com/dirtdogmusic Closing Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.     Speech Science Powered by: You!

Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, shares an overview of accessible design, dreams for shaping a more accessible future, helming custom support with a small team, and her motivation to create.StarkWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)LyraA Stark Difference in Design NewletterCat on TwitterSee open positions at thoughtbot!Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!

If you end up in a hospital unable to contact your loved ones or communicate with a doctor what would you do? That was the question Cat Noone asked herself before going on to launch Iris - the app that sends alerts to those closest to you and informs the doctor of your health data in emergency situations. Now the company is going one step further helping customers to track their everyday health so that emergencies that could be preventable don't happen in the first place.

Cat Noone is prolific and ruthlessly efficient with her projects. She's currently CEO @irisapp and @getstarkco and co-Founder @lyraapp. Her design passions lie in accessibility, building for real people and working with cross-functional teams to deliver products that represent the users she's targeting. Cat had some real zingers of quotes in our podcast, and we're so excited to have her as our debut episode. Episode notes Books Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling , Ola Rosling , et al Videos In my language

A rundown of the Speakers at Creative South design conference including: Chris Do, Sara Stewart & Logan Faerber, Carolyn Sewell, Hank Washington, Rocky Roark, Dex Alexander, Jessica Hische, Efdot, Taylor Cashdan, Cat Noone, Rob Zilla

This week I talk with Cat Noone, Founder of Iris! We talk about growing up in Brooklyn, getting your first computer, pursuing medicine and then dropping out of college, having an advisor copy your product, being an entrepreneur and a parent and lot more! Enjoy! - http://founderchats.com - http://getiris.co - https://baremetrics.com

In today's episode, we're talking to Cat Noone, the founder, and CEO of her startup, Iris, where they're building a modern-day emergency alert application for smartphones. Cat's been a designer for over 8 years with experience designing several different products for companies like ADP. Cat also finds time to speak at conferences, mentor startups through the accelerator TechStars and angel invest in startups on the side. Cat is a huge proponent of using side projects to test your way into potential new businesses.

Today we caught up with Cat Noone, a designer and founder currently working on a new startup, Iris. In this episode we learn how to do math on our fingers, discuss how to navigate a career and different types of companies, learn what it takes to bootstrap a startup, hear Cat's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, and so much more.

Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! The talented Cat Noone of Liberio joins us to talk about her experience in freelancing and in moving to a bootstrapped product. Due to editing issues, this episode is a full week late. Read More The post Episode 21: The Importance of Planning & Experience w/Cat Noone appeared first on Chasing Product.

Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! The talented Cat Noone of Liberio joins us to talk about her experience in freelancing and in moving to a bootstrapped product. Due to editing issues, this episode is a full week late. Read More The post Episode 21: The Importance of Planning & Experience w/Cat Noone appeared first on Chasing Product.

This is the eighteenth episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (on Twitter @ FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (on Twitter @ TylerCopeland), speak with Cat Noone(on Twitter @ ImCatNoone), the co-founder of Liberio, simple eBook creation & one-click publishing right from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Github and more. Cat has lived and worked in both New York and San Francisco before moving to Berlin. She shares how these cities and her perspective on design has changed with each place. Cat also shares the importance of side projects.

Cat Noone, Co-Founder of Liberio, talks with us about their journey raising a seed round in Berlin. She shares strategies they’ve discovered in building their pitch deck, meetings with VCs, and the thought behind raising money in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cat Noone, Co-Founder and lead designer for Liberio, talks with us about leaving San Francisco to start a startup in Berlin. She shares some really interesting stories about the experience, both from the social perspective as well as the fundraising side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices