> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Researching Chocolate and Cocoa on the Interwebs | #PodSaveChocolate - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/researching-chocolate-cocoa-on-the-interwebs-podsavechocolate/ - Published: 2024-02-12T17:00:07.000Z - Updated: 2024-02-15T14:41:33.000Z - Description: Episode 19 of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of the tools and resources I use to do my research on chocolate and cocoa on the Interwebs. - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream ## **When and Where to Watch** 🗓️ This episode airs live from 09h00 PST / 10h00 MST / 12h00 EST / 17h00 GMT on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024. [Researching Chocolate and Cocoa on the Interwebs | #PodSaveChocolateEpisode 19 OverviewThis episode of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of the tools, resources, and approaches I use when researching chocolate and cocoa…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/d133835b/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TVUIgT3SiZU/maxresdefault_live.jpg)](https://youtube.com/live/TVUIgT3SiZU?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Click to watch in a new tab or window. Please subscribe (free!) to the [@PodSaveChocolate YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@podsavechocolate/featured?ref=thechocolatelife.com) as well as like this video, comment, and share to help grow the #PSC community. Link to [watch and comment](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Fpodsavechocolate-interwebs-lavidacocoa-activity-7162593913059336192-o2Q6?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop) from my LinkedIn profile. Link to [watch and comment](https://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateLife/) on TheChocolateLife page on Facebook. --- ## **Episode 19 Overview** This episode of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of the tools, resources, and approaches I use when researching chocolate and cocoa on the #Interwebs. These techniques have been developed and honed over more than thirty years spanning careers in high tech and chocolate. ### **Why? And How?** I spend a lot of hours poring over news, opinion, and research about chocolate and cocoa in my roles as a chocolate and cocoa consultant, journalist & podcaster, and critic. This kind of research is something I have done since shortly after I finished college and went to work for my first high-tech startup – in October of 1983\. I subsequently spent over a decade working on teams designing, developing, marketing, and selling hardware and software for computer graphics, interactive multimedia, HDTV, information/database management, and Internet apps. For most of that time I wrote for technical journals on related topics, and I wrote the first book on HDTV production. I attended every SIGGRAPH conference between 1984 and 1998, I was at TED2 (where I met Jane Metcalfe and Louise Rosetto, the co-founders of *Wired*), I exhibited at Photokina in 1986 and at several NAB trade shows before I attended my first Fancy Food Show (in the summer of 2001). What this history provided me with is *perspective*. And I have learned, over the course of more than thirty years, are techniques to if not get at the truth then to at least recognize BS when it comes my way. Much of this I credit to my formal college education in the fine arts at The Evergreen State College and the Rhode Island School of Design. The most important things are to: - Pay attention and recognize useful patterns – especially to things going on on the periphery. - Learn how to look for information and organize the results of your research into schemes that make what you learn memorable and easily accessible. - Remain skeptical. - Always seek a truthful position to represent. It may not be a perfect understanding but it should be defensible based on facts. - Have opinions about the facts, and speak what you believe to be a truth, but be open to changing them when new information comes your way. - Admit your mistakes, apologize when and where you need to, and move on. - Have fun. --- ### **(With) What** 💡 ***Note:** I use all the tools listed below, many of them on a daily if not weekly basis. None of the links is sponsored; there is no compensation for my recommending them. [The Browser Company | Building ArcWe’re building a better way to use the internet, starting with your browser. Let go of the clicks, clutter, and distraction with Arc.![](https://thebrowser.company/icons/icon-192x192.png?v=f2af137ab2674646dd1330201478191b)Building Arc![](https://thebrowser.company/static/og-816a6137f2f55e000921f568f9d99c94.png)](https://thebrowser.company/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) The Arc Browser [Ground NewsTop Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news![](https://ground.news/favicon.ico)Ground News![](https://groundnews.b-cdn.net/assets/logo4/GN_Square.png)](https://ground.news/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [summarize.tech: AI-powered video summaries![](https://www.summarize.tech/favicon.ico)summarize.tech](https://www.summarize.tech/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [TLDR This - Article Summarizer & Online Text Summarizing ToolTLDR This is a Free online text summarizing tool that automatically condenses long articles, documents, essays, or papers into key summary paragraphs using state-of-the-art AI.![](https://www.tldrthis.com/images/favicon.png)TLDR This - Article Summarizer![](https://cdn.tldrthis.com/frontend-assets/tldrthis-krishna.jpg)](https://www.tldrthis.com/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [20 Helpful Verification Tools for Journalists | Beyond BylinesAs we near April Fool’s Day and its potential wave of misleading content, we’re rounding up a few verification tools that journalists should bookmark.![](https://i0.wp.com/mediablog.prnewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2019-Q4-PRN-Icon-32-32.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1)Beyond BylinesRocky Parker![](https://i0.wp.com/mediablog.prnewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/verification-tools-for-journalists.png)](https://mediablog.prnewswire.com/2023/03/30/verification-tools/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Some links to other tools I also use spreadsheets (Excel and Airtable mostly), plus a programmer’s text editor (Sublime) that supports search and replace using regular expressions. --- ### **Where?** [ResearchGate | Find and share researchAccess 160+ million publications and connect with 25+ million researchers. Join for free and gain visibility by uploading your research.![](https://www.researchgate.net/favicon-96x96.png)ResearchGate![](https://c5.rgstatic.net/m/419438641133902/images/icons/svgicons/new-index-logo.svg)](https://www.researchgate.net/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Scholarly papers [Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.![](https://gutenberg.org/gutenberg/favicon.ico?v=1.1)Project Gutenberg![](https://www.gutenberg.org/gutenberg/pg-logo-144x144.png)](https://gutenberg.org/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Historical books and papers [Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine![](https://archive.org/offshoot_assets/favicon.ico)](https://archive.org/) 💡 [Google ****Scholar**](https://scholar.google.com/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [Google **Alerts**](https://www.google.com/alerts?ref=thechocolatelife.com#2:0) [Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia![](https://en.wikipedia.org/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png)Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Elizabeth_Murray_(1626%E2%80%931698)%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg/1200px-Elizabeth_Murray_(1626%E2%80%931698)%2C_by_Peter_Lely.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%5FPage?ref=thechocolatelife.com) 💡 ****Reddit:** [r/chocolate subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/chocolate/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) **Industry Publications & Newsletters and How to Recognize When a “Story” is just an Edited Press Release”** - International Confectionery Magazine - Confectionery News - Confectionery Production - Kennedy’s Confections - Candy Industry - Food Dive - ARS/Tellus - Specialty Food Association --- **A Cautionary Tale** [2023 Edition![](https://www.cacaoofexcellence.org/typo3conf/ext/cocoa_of_excellence/Resources/Public/Assets/Img/favicon/mstile-310x310.png)Cacao of Excellence![](https://www.cacaoofexcellence.org/fileadmin/_processed_/b/f/csm_TINY_-_COVER__-_STANDARD_NOV_27_635f89b3e7.jpg)](https://www.cacaoofexcellence.org/producers-of-excellence/2023-edition?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Paying close attention is important [2023 Edition\_ Cacao of ExcellenceThe original screenshot.2023 Edition\_ Cacao of Excellence.jpeg2 MBdownload-circle](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2024/02/2023-Edition%5F-Cacao-of-Excellence.jpeg "Download") --- **A New Resource** [David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | The Collection![](https://www.davidrumsey.com/favicon.png)![](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/566732499/rumsey-twitter-pic_x96.jpg)](https://www.davidrumsey.com/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) A new favorite resource. ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2024/02/2094053.jpg) I learned there is a Chocolate Mountains range in Yuma county near the border with California. --- ### **Homework** Fact check the following ATK video. There are *at least three* very obvious wrong and/or incomplete statements in this episode. ChocolateLife members: Show your work in the comments. [The Best Single-Origin Chocolate BarsWe dug into the amazing and complex world of single-origin bars and in the process discovered an astounding variety of flavors and textures.Click here to rea…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/d133835b/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-FKtbfpHZiI/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FKtbfpHZiI&ref=thechocolatelife.com) --- **Episode Hashtags** #Research #AI #cocoa #cacao #cacau #chocolate #chocolat #PodSaveChocolate #PodSaveChoc #PSC #LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife --- ### **#TheChocolateLifeLIVE Archive** **To read an archived post** and find the links to watch archived episodes, click on the bookmark card, below. 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