I noticed when I was out shopping the other day that the shops are starting to stock up on little gadgets and gizmos - there’s no point denying that Christmas will be upon us before we know it! But do these little stocking fillers have any real worth in the gadget world or is it just a case of the manufacturers knowing that people get desperate for ideas when they’re doing their Christmas shopping and will buy anything they can get their hands on?I’m talking about tiny little gizmos like voice recording keyrings, slimline booklites, organiser keyrings and tiny little shower radios. I’m sure some of it is useful to some people, but I look at some of it and it’s like something you get out of a Christmas cracker! Surely if you want to do some voice recording or organise your workload, you don’t want to use a tiny little keyring to do it (unless your schedule isn’t particularly hectic!) I suppose it’s got some sort of worth if your constantly on the go and you don’t always have your voice recorder or blackberry with you, but how much will a tiny little keyring that cost a fiver really allow you to organise? I suppose what I’m saying is that we all get things for Christmas that end up thrown into the bottom of the drawer, given away to someone else the following Christmas (hopefully not to the person who gave it to you!) or being auctioned on eBay and it all seems like an awful waste of money. So in this age of crazy consumerism do we really need our keyring to take minutes in the office meeting or is it just a gimmick to far?