I know it's short notice, but I thought I'd pass on word that tomorrow at Noon at Envy Labs I'll be doing a presentation on jQuery (open to the public). It's basically the slides that will become Code School's jQuery 2 course.
So, we're assuming you at least know some basic jQuery, I won't go over selectors at all. Here's the topic list below... Please respond to me directly if you plan on stopping by, and feel free to bring lunch.
Level 1 - Events-----
Review: Reading from the Dom
Wrapping the $
Data Tags
Using Bind
Unbinding
Live & Delegate
Level 2 - AJAX
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Basic AJAX & .get
AJAX Error Handling
AJAX Callbacks
Aborting AJAX
Having an AJAX Timeout
Receiving & Parsing JSON
Using JSONP
Form data with serialize
Level 3 - Effects
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Chaining Effects
Adjusting Effect Speed
Animating with CSS
Effect Easing
Using a Queue
Adding a Delay
Stopping an Effect
Level 4 - Code Organization
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Each & Map Utility Methods
Creating your own Utility Method
Creating Plugins
Encapsulating your code
Custom Events
jQuery Templates