Hmmm.. been thinking about Ajax lately.. seems to be the newest wave of Web development - the Web 2.0 it's been called - as the Web gets more capable, moving the burden of interactivity onto the client side. Predictable given the increased horsepower on the desktop (to mix my metaphors) and increased bandwidth into the average home.
It seems that the Ruby on Rails open-source project provides a fairly good development platform.
I know my friend, Gary Shewan, has been looking at RoR for at least the last year.
Time to pick his brains.. (what a weird expression that is..)
Yes, Virginia, I know I should be packing.