JavaScript Revolution?

Quirksmode author, Peter-Paul Kock describes the @media conference in the UK in two articles: "You should've been @media - part 1" and "You should've been @media - part 2" which further describes the changes going on related to JavaScript, standards, AJAX and more. A good read and introduction to what all the changes are about and how to keep up with it. Quirksmode is a well known blog if you haven't visited it before - lots of great stuff related to web development, and very well written.
While you are at Quirksmode, look for his article "AJAX promise or Hype" in his recent articles. There are additional AJAX articles referenced in case you want even more info about the "new" AJAX concepts.

New Site for Tutorials

Christian Hellmann has a good idea to collect good, up-to-date web design tutorials and replace old ones on the web. His site "Obsoletely Famous" is his offer of beginning this process and several well known developers have joined his efforts. Review the sites and files at his blog and either link to it or subscribe by RSS. There are a lot of very good sites to learn from listed already, and the site should grow.