"How to use AJAX" (pointed out by digg.com) seems like a small and short way to get started on Ajax. We'll see when I'll make the time to try it out...
DannyHSDad -- an Asian-American -- looking at technology based on both US/UK and Japanese news articles. Working as software engineer in the US for 17 years (and counting) and 3 years in Japan -- and even several business trips to France.