I was happy to see a post at GNUCITIZEN chatting about RIA and how we should start reading up on this new exciting technology. This is something I'm planning on sticking this in my 2007 risk predictions. XUL and WPF/XAML are some exciting new web technologies I strongly advise you start reading about.

Article Link: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/the-state-of-javascript-hacking/