What Is It With Guys And Gadgets?

I don't know what it is with guys and gadgets. Guys just seem to love gadgets for no apparent reason. Or at least no reason I can discern.

New gadgets are everywhere, there seems to be an insatiable demand for them, and an enormous supply of new gadgets for a hungry market.

"Gadget' can of course mean many things. Probably the best definition of what a gadget is is the definition of gadget from Wikipedia.

"A gadget is a device or an appliance that has a useful specific practical purpose and function but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be unusually or cleverly designed than normal technology at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos."

It's a pretty good definition, but it doesn't explain why guys love gadgets! I suspect it's something to do with the "novelty" aspect. Gadgets are fun, novel, different. There is something "cutting edge" about gadgets, something new and exciting.

However it doesn't really matter why men love high tech gadgets, just that they do. And if men love gadgets then a great gadget makes a great Christmas gift, or birthday gift or any other gift for a man.

So I'm starting a series on gadgets that make good mens gifts. I'll both look at some great gadgets and also suggest to you some good resources for finding gadget ideas.

Electric gadgets, mechanical gadgets, electronic gadgets, computer gadgets, there's lots of them so I'll have lots of material to draw on!

I thought today I'd start with a suggestion for a good place to keep in touch with ideas for gadgets that would make good gift ideas for guys. It's a site that I frequent and like it a lot. Called Geek Alerts, if you're looking for some good ideas for [tag-etc]gadgets[/tag-tec] you'll find some there.

And keep coming back here as I'm starting a series of articles about gadgets as great mens gifts, so I'll have a bunch of suggestions of my own coming up.

And make sure you read my Christmas ideas for mens gifts.