Yes an article on ‘web 2.0′ Lots of great advice and visuals hints that really are worth a quick look see. Screen grabs of design styles which are great to reference including flashes, gradient use, specular highlights.
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm#simplicity