It took me some time to understand the real benefits of RESTful architectures, but a combination of good books about Rails and RESTful WebServices, current project issues and this podcast filled the final gap to understand the benefits...
The idea of resource-centered, URI-based design alone brings real power to many kinds of applications. I'm just considering the possibility to address every important entity in our system by a simple URI - and my project mates seem to be pleased by this idea...