In the summer of 1994, McCarthy commissioned Hank Duderstadt, then head of the Video SIG for the San Francisco chapter of the International Interactive Communications Society (IICS), to write a cover story for the Internet Gazette on the potential of streaming video on the Internet.
The projects included providing support for Levees.org,[REF] the New Orleans-based non-profit and creating an online video encyclopedia about the city of New Orleans, FoodMusicJustice.org;[REF] a searchable compilation of clips from television newscasts and independent video makers, BrasscheckTV.com;[REF]