Point and Shoot guide

[texsun]

Is there any information out there on getting the most out of your point and shoot that you can?

I'm still enjoying my P&S, and would like to improve.

[RichardTaylor]

From a purely technical point of view, understanding exposure will help a lot.

This multi part tutorial, on this site, will assist.
Exposure (1) A balancing act

Although it was written with SLR in mind the same principals apply.
The biggest difference is that it is very difficult to get shallow depth of field (zone of sharpness or DOF) with a P&S but very easy to get great DOF which can be advantage for some photographs.

The other thing that is very handy is to know how to read a histogram.
This will help.
Understanding Histograms

Here is a very good book that I found that discusses how to squeeze a bit more out of you point and shoot..

Amazon.com: Confessions of a Compact Camera Shooter: Get Professional Quality Photos with Your Compact Camera (9780470565070): Rick Sammon: Books