diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4ef0ec..391879c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 gotifier
 ========
 
-Desktop notifications for Go
+Attempt at a global notification library for [Go](http://golang.org) that supports both OSX and Ubuntu
+
+OSX: Using [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier)
+Ubuntu: Using [notify-send](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/man1/notify-send.1.html)
diff --git a/gotifier.go b/gotifier.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac3fc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gotifier.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package gotifier
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+const (
+	terminalNotifier = "terminal-notifier"
+	notifySend       = "notify-send"
+)
+
+type Notification struct {
+	Title, Subtitle, Message string
+}
+
+func (notif Notification) Push() bool {
+	log.Println("Pushing notification")
+	if activeCmd == nil {
+		log.Println("No active notification command found")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	cmd := (*activeCmd).Command(notif)
+
+	cmd.Start()
+	return true
+}
+
+type NotifierCommand struct {
+	Name, Path string
+}
+
+func (cmd NotifierCommand) Command(notif Notification) *exec.Cmd {
+
+	// message is required
+	message := nonNull(notif.Message, notif.Title, notif.Subtitle)
+	var args = []string{""}
+
+	switch cmd.Name {
+	case terminalNotifier:
+		// Append message
+		args = append(args, "-message")
+		args = append(args, "\""+message+"\"")
+
+		if notif.Title != "" {
+			args = append(args, "-title")
+			args = append(args, "\""+notif.Title+"\"")
+		}
+		if notif.Subtitle != "" {
+			args = append(args, "-subtitle")
+			args = append(args, "\""+notif.Subtitle+"\"")
+		}
+
+	case notifySend:
+		if notif.Title != "" {
+			args = append(args, notif.Title)
+		}
+		args = append(args, message)
+	}
+
+	//return log.Sprintf("%s %s", cmd.Path, strings.Join(args, " "))
+	return &exec.Cmd{Path: cmd.Path, Args: args}
+}
+
+var activeCmd *NotifierCommand
+
+var notifiers = []NotifierCommand{
+	NotifierCommand{Name: "terminal-notifier"},
+	NotifierCommand{Name: "notify-send"},
+}
+
+func nonNull(vals ...string) string {
+	for _, val := range vals {
+		if val != "" {
+			return val
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func init() {
+	log.Println("Initing Gotifier")
+	for _, cmd := range notifiers {
+		path, err := exec.LookPath(cmd.Name)
+		if err == nil && path != "" {
+			activeCmd = &cmd
+			activeCmd.Path = path
+			log.Println("Found notifier command: " + path)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}