GatorPeeps is a new South African microblogging service launched by Afrigator.
After registering for an account, you can follow these instructions to set up a GatorPeeps client on your Mac and iPhone:
Setting up GatorPeeps on your Mac:
Twhirl is a free Adobe Air-based application that will run on OS X, Linux, and Windows.

After downloading, installing and running Twhirl, open settings and add a new “laconi.ca” account. Enter your GatorPeeps username (followed by “@afrigator.com”) and password, then click the “Connect” button.
Setting up GatorPeeps on your iPhone
Nambu is a free iPhone application that can connect to Twitter, Laconica, FriendFeed, Ping.fm, and other social network services.
After searching for Nambu in the App Store, downloading, installing and running it, you will be prompted to set up a Twitter account. Tap “Cancel” if you don’t want to use Nambu for Twitter, then tap the “More” tab at the bottom of the screen.
Tap “Laconica“, then tap the “Setup” button. Enter your GatorPeeps username (not followed by “@afrigator.com”) and password, then change the Hostname to “afrigator.com/api“.
Tap the “Done” button, and Nambu will start displaying your GatorPeeps messages.
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Stii
May 20th, 2009 at 12:17
Thank you Willem! This is an awesome guide. Now if only they can enable Laconica in the Desktop version of Nambu, it would be fantastic.
willem
May 20th, 2009 at 12:44
Thanks, Stii!
I’m playing around with Nambu’s SQLite database, hoping that there’s enough functionality already built into the app to work with GatorPeeps if I manually add the account and link it up right in the DB.
Will let you know if I have any success.
Justin Hartman
May 20th, 2009 at 13:28
Dude, awesome well done. I took screeshots of the Nambu app this morning to do just what you’ve done but Kudos to you for doing it!!!
willem
May 20th, 2009 at 13:31
Haha, thanks!
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PB
May 27th, 2009 at 10:09
Thank you Willem! This is an awesome guide. Now if only they can enable Laconica in the Desktop version of Nambu, it would be fantastic.
willem
May 27th, 2009 at 11:03
Hopefully it’ll happen soon!