Working without a nib, Part 11: Why?

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My infinite part series "Working without a nib" — most recent part here — explains how you can work without a nib, but I haven't spent a lot of time explaining why you should work without a nib. That was left as an exercise for the reader. It turns out, however, that readers tend to be sitting down rather than exercising. They really need to get up and go outside more. (Later, of course, after reading this article.) While I did talk about the issue a bit on a podcast, I'm not sure many people caught that episode, so I've decided to elaborate for the first time in print. Please print out this web page.
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