Flash
Tutorial

session one

session two

resources

www.friendsofed.com
publishes books on how to use flash, most of their tutorials are on the web. They also have some nice links to the sites of some people who contribute to their books.
www.flashkit.com
online forum for discussion and place to post your work.
www.macromedia.com
check out thier actionscript dictionary, and tutorials online. they also have a good discussion group.

inspiration

These are links to cool sites mostly flash based. For inspiration. Most of their work is programming intense. (you can find most of these on the friends of ed site.)