William L. Donner

Is this the Bill Donner you're looking for? This is William L. Donner — Freeport, MIT, DEC, Chase, TMI, PBS, Reuters, Fenway, MedCommons, AdologyAI. New York, London, Chicago. Accept no substitutes.

Apps

I was reawakened by Claude Code at age 73, and now I'm writing apps for myself and friends as 1041Soft. These are the ones you can install today — the full catalog has the rest, TestFlight betas included.

AmenBeatsWaiting for App ReviewiPhone

A pocket 16-step sequencer for studying and remixing the most famous drum breaks.

What it does →

123 WordsApp StoreiPhone · iPad

Read, spell and race the clock — a learning playground for ages 2–7.

App Store ↗ What it does → Its own site ↗

100 BurfordsApp StoreiPhone · iPad

All 100 of Gary B. Martin's weekly Burford cartoons, with the original reader comments.

App Store ↗ What it does → Its own site ↗

Notes

13 Jun 2026

Claude Code Is My Interface

I'm dictating this; Claude Code is posting it for me. Very intimate — no server in between.

But there are some limitations…

10 Jun 2026

73-Year-Old Claude Code Junkie Starts Blog

Hoping this one goes better than my many previous attempts at keeping a blog.

Still finding it hard to believe I'm in Illinois for 5+ years — but loving it.