Okay so I have all the gears in place. and they are all turning very well. Now I am simply populating my tour guide with as many useful bits of information I can muster out of my brain and from various sources. Wikipedia is a major influence in what is going to be in the guide until I can write up better articles. For the moment I feel that I will start the guide without mountains of content like a Lonely Planet or Frommer's Guide. Instead I hope to get it out and started and update it mercilessly. It isn't the peak tourist season in Shanghai and many of the major attractions that fill the pages of paper tour guides are closed down for winter.

The major hold up on publishing the guide to the App Store is getting the Taxi Cards set up and ready. I want the guide to run very fast, no waiting dial like many other Apps out there. Because of this I am programming each individual place directly into the app without using a database. This to some would be poor programming practice, but I hope that you will appreciate the speed at which the information I give you comes.

I hope that I can create a community of people creating content for this guide. I encourage any input on what I have done currently through the comment section of this blog. If your comment is truly interesting/helpful don't be surprised if I send you an email. Also if you are in Shanghai or have a trip planned don't be afraid to mention it here. I believe that with a good community of supporters this guide can become a great city guide, or static version of the popular Chinese company that sends you text messages of where venues are called Guanxi. I hate typing text, I'd rather get my information straight from my phone or iPod.