There will be plenty of time for pundits to dissect Jobs's life, to ponder his legacy, and to get into the business inside-baseball of what Jobs's death means for the tech industry. But we're not interested in any of that. Instead, we wanted to take a few minutes to share a little bit about how Steve Jobs impacted and influenced our own lives.

Elizabeth Fish: "I think my earliest memory of Apple is the numerous lunch breaks at school spent in the Macintosh suite, playing around with the Macintosh LC II. While I didn't appreciate Macs at the time, it just occurred to me that pretty much all my technology products are Apple. For me, Steve was an inspirational man that achieved so much throughout his life, it's saddening to refer to him in past tense. The tech industry has just lost a huge player, as well as the artistic flare and vision it always had in Jobs."

Chris Brandrick: "Jobs's role in modern computing will never be forgotten; the devoted Apple fans around the world who are flocking to their local Apple Store to pay tribute show this in great strength. Would any other CEO of any other company move and inspire so many people? It's hard to say.

"Sure, he got things wrong, but had the conviction to realize, adapt, and reiterate. This visible, borderline-obsessive strive for perfection resulted in the greatest consumer technology to date. The admiration I have for my iPhone and MacBook Pro prove this to me everyday."

Jason Kennedy: "My first experience with a Mac was an old IIe; a friend and I spent most of summer vacation building a custom map on an ancient RTS game and then playing on it. It was the best computer I'd even seen at the time, so advanced for what it was. It blew my Amiga out of the water. Later, I owned an iPhone 3GS that I loved (I admit, iTunes killed it for me) and I regularly use my girlfriend's iPad. There's no denying that Steve Jobs and his handiwork have changed the world."