Some of the WPF sample applications you have seen probably don't resemble the type applications you plan on building.  Some of these examples are a bit gratuitous in their use of WPF features because they are trying to show what is possible.  Sometimes, after seeing their first WPF presentation, people assume they don't have a ...

Thanks to everyone who attended.  You can download my deck here.  The demos & code I showed (plus more) are all available from http://wpf.netfx3.com/files/default.aspx.  You can download the New York Times Reader here.  You can download Expression Blend and the Visual Studio 2005 addin for WPF here.  The ...