10 personal questions and 10 personal answers from Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst, Enderle Group. Rob describes himself as one of the last remaining inquiry analysts and is a frequently quoted expert on a variety of technology topics on TV, radio, print and Internet media. He also authors a weekly column for TG Daily. Rob is one of the major analysts in Silicon Valley with early access to prototypes of new technologies and may actually have influenced the look and feature set of one or the other product sitting on your desk today. Read on to find out how he answered out set of questions.  

I couldn’t survive without … my sense of humor as sometimes all you can do is laugh at some things.  

The best advice I ever got was … to always try to have fun, the times I’ve forgotten that advice, in hind sight, now seem largely wasted.  

A person/people I admire is … Leo Chamberlain who created the “Great Place to Work” organization at ROLM and regret that this group was disbanded before I ever got to work in it. However, I can think of no better business goal than creating a working environment people look forward to working in.  

If I could go anywhere, or do anything, I would … go to the future and see the amazing things that are coming unless they were Morlocks. In that case I’d probably change my answer to be on a canal in France where I spent the best vacation I’ve ever had.  

A technology I have no use for … is DRM, the idea, as implemented, should burn in hell.  

The best idea I had was … to get married, at least I think that was my idea.  

Luxury is … the lack of worry and the lack of complexity, lots of things to worry about isn’t luxury to me.  

I wish I had invented … a way to help people make better life choices.  

My tombstone should read … “Had A Ball, Wish I Was Still There”  

A person/trend/technology to watch … are personal communicators (blending PCs and smartphones). I think these will become the things we just can’t live without next. Think Super Crackberries or iPhones on steroids.