1. Steve Wozniak.
Steve Wozniak, along with Steve Jobs pioneered apple and the macintosh computer. Steve Jobs was the main designer and programmer of the original apple computers. He created a huge impact on technology, without him, it is unlikely that the Macintosh computer would be released- the first computer to have graphics and mouse, which all personal computers now use. The personal connection is clear- I use mac computers, and computer that use a mouse and graphic interface everyday.

2. Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds is a developer and hacker who created the Linux kernel

Bill Gates
- His success is due to his cofounding of microsoft, a multi-billion dollar company that has control over and creates a variet of products mainly relating to computing.
- His affect on technology spawned from his creation of microsoft, and the immense number of computers and other related devices they created, notabley the microsoft windows computer.
- He made the basic computer operating system that we use today.

Mark Zuckerberg
- Mark Zuckerbergs success comes from his founding of facebook- currently the worlds most popular social networking site. In his childhood, he was extremely interested in software design, and even had a private tutor. He built games and software as a middle school student.
- Mark Zuckerberg had a huge effect on the social networking area of technology, especially in consideration of other social networking sites like myspace, which was previously the most popular social networking site- was overshadowed by facebook.
- I can make a personal connection in that I am a user of facebook.