Organic mathematics: then and now

In the early 1990s a group of researchers, J. Borwein, P. Borwein, R. Corless, L. Jörgenson, and N. Sinclair, all then affiliated with the Center for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics at Simon Fraser University—as part of a National Telelearning Network—started the Organic Mathematics Project (OMP). One of the main goals of the project was to achieve a more meaningful integration of the technologies then available, moving towards the ideal environment described as follows: A mathematician working in ideal conditions would be able to look at a fresh problem and easily access any related material, find all the work on simpler but similar problems, and quickly carry out any subcomputations needed for the solution of the fresh problem. Such a person would also be able to consult freely not only with colleagues but with experts with whom he or she/was not previously familiar.