Goalee vs Qrate.TV

Don’t lose sight of your life’s goals

The main idea behind the app is that all the annoyances, conflicts or small problems we face in our everyday lives (should) pale in comparison with our true goals in life.

The issue I faced, as many others, is that I tend to lose track of what I desire most, exactly because of problems here and there. One approach is to start writing down your goals on a sheet of paper, which I did and it worked; for a while, because I eventually started overlooking said sheet of paper.

I then tried using to-do apps, or habit tracking apps for this purpose. But this isn’t something to be checked off, something to record progress of, nor a habit to build; it’s a mindset change, if you will. So I ended up building Goalee to add long/mid-term goals and remind myself about them on a daily/weekly basis.

Spotify for video

Qrate.TV is a web application which provides for social curating of online video and permits you to easily watch online video through your TV. Users are able to initiate and collaborate on the creation of video playlists (known as “Qs”), and can then share these Qs either privately or publicly. In effect, the creator of the Q (the “Qrator”) is enabled to run their own video channel. Qrate.TV can also share what they are watching with their friends, and see what their friends are watching, which will greatly simplify the current situation of finding suitable video content online.
The idea behind Qrate.TV was pitched at the Startup Weekend event held in Brisbane in October 2013. Qrate.TV was selected by the Startup Weekend judges as the winning pitch.