MVVM

A quickstart on MVVM which explains some common mistakes. INotifyPropertyChanged appraoch:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/165368/WPF-MVVM-Quick-Start-Tutorial

Awesome video tutorial and sample by Jason Dolinger about MVVM. DependencyProperty Approach:
http://blog.lab49.com/archives/2650


Comparison between DependencyProperty and INotifyPropertyChanged:
http://kentb.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/view-models-pocos-versus.html
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/62158/DependencyProperties-or-INotifyPropertyChanged


MVVM Light toolkit
http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/

Serializer

Comparisons of Serializers:
http://www.dotneat.net/2009/03/22/NETSerializationUsingBinaryFormaterSoapFormatterAndXmlSerializer.aspx

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1154198/what-are-the-differences-between-the-xmlserializer-and-binaryformatter

IDisposable, Finalizer, GC...

http://reedcopsey.com/series/idisposable/