Wil Shipley

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William "Wil" Jon Shipley (born October 16, 1969) is a Macintosh software developer, best known for founding The Omni Group in 1989, where he did consulting work and developed software for the NextStep operating system, Rhapsody and later Mac OS X. His firm was one of a relative few to develop for Rhapsody, with the company's OmniWeb becoming the most popular browser for the platform. He went on to found a second notable software firm, Delicious Monster, with Mike Matas in 2004. Delicious Library, the company's flagship product, won an Apple Design Award at the 2005 WWDC.

He is noted in the Macintosh community for his experience in software usability and design, as well as the Pimp My Code series on his personal weblog, a popular feature where he shares free code examples and tips on programming. In 2005, Shipley gave a talk entitled "How to Succeed Writing Mac Software" at WWDC and in 2007 spoke at C4 about using "the hype machine" to your company's advantage. In 2006 and 2007, he was named one of the most influential members of the Mac community by MacTech Magazine.

He currently resides in Seattle where he shares a home with Shmop, his cat. Shipley has also appeared in cartoon form in Penny Arcade, a popular webcomic.