Doug Winnie, Group Product Manager for Workflow at Adobe, has a great video series on learning ActionScript 3.0. These free videos are really done well.

From Doug himself:

"Welcome to ActionScript 1:1. This integrated training resource combines video tutorials, documentation and sample files to teach you the basics of ActionScript 3.0 using Flash Professional CS4. ActionScript 1:1 is designed for Flash animators and designers that want to take their work to the next level and add custom interactivity using ActionScript 3.0, but need some guidance. In the series, I start with the very basics of accessing your objects on the stage and the library and then introduce ActionScript that will make your designs and animations interactive and dynamic."

Check them out.
http://www.adobe.dougwinnie.com/actionscript-11

These videos are also available in the iTunes Store.

The term "Augmented Reality" is something that I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of within the next few years. Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data (virtual reality), where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time.

The first application I came across that uses this is GE. This Flash app directs you to print out a piece of paper with a pattern on it, hold it in front of your web cam, and you see a virtual world unfold where the pattern is.

Here is another example on the iPhone via the Augmented Environments Lab blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0bitKDKdg0

Lee Brimelow also has a great video tutorial on creating an AR Flash app with Parervision3D.

This opens up a huge possibliity for interacting with applications and games. Imagine wearing a certian pattern on your shirt while standing in front of your favorite gaming console, which has a camera pointing back at you. But instead of seeing you on the screen, you see the game's character that you are now controlling. Now, I don't know if this technology is there yet, but I can imagine that its not far off.

I just have to mention how satisfied I am with the tween class that I have been using for the passed few months. For those who don't know, a tweening class is a custom set of ActionScript classes that allow you to animate any type of property in your application with pure code, no keyframes on the timeline. Jack Doyle of GreenSock has some great classes that does just that. It is the smallest filesize and most efficient tweening class I've worked with so far. Jack is constantly improving these classes. This week he just updated the sequencing capabilities with the TweenGroup class.

Below was created with a simple TweenGroup that is set to loop.

Here is a list of all the features for the classes.
http://blog.greensock.com/tweening-family-comparison

Adobe is really improving their developer community. The Adobe Developer Connection is a great site for developers that has many free resources like, tutorials, demos, profiles, and sample apps. Two of the newest, and most useful for those looking to learn more about AIR and Flex are the cookbooks. There is an AIR Cookbook, and a Flex Cookbook. Within each you can find many recipes for certain functionalities and concepts.