Steve Jobs was #1 on my list of people I most wanted to meet. Sadly, that opportunity has now escaped me. 
 
I was barely a teenager when Steve returned to Apple and introduced the first iMacs. I was half-way through senior high-school in Japan when we were blown away with the original Mac OS X, and I feel very fortunate to have been to have lived in this era, to have grown up on both Apple's and PC's right from an early age.
 
I feel even more fortunate to have witnessed the revolutionary products he's introduced - even the ones I didn't buy - but which nevertheless changed the way the world lives, works and interacts. 
 
I'd like to think I'm in that small group of people who understood machines in a way that only people like Steve can. I wouldn't be who I am without his influence, and when I do finally get to meet him in another life, I hope to finally be able to thank him personally.
 
In my own unique way, I hope that I can follow in his footsteps, and at least partially fill the shoes which I'm confident will be far too large for but a single person to fill. In his honour, I pledge to contribute whatever genius I may possess to help make up for that which is now lost.
 
My condolences go out to Steve's family - biological and adopted, Steve's friends, Apple Executives, Vice Presidents and employees around the world. It will not be the same without him. 
 
The inspiration he's given to countless developers, designers and businesspeople (including myself) is unquantifiable, and the impact he's had on the lives of millions was until recently an impossible dream. Here's to the crazy ones.
 
Regards
 
Mathew Carley