Citations:Floydering


 * 2015 - Scarlett Stahl, MiceChat.com, Floyd Norman's 80th Birthday Celebration
 * In explanation Floyd said that he found strolling around helped with creativity, much more so than just sitting at a desk and thus the word Floydering began.


 * 2015 - Jamie Greene, geekdad.com, Great Big Beautiful Podcast: Episode 26 - Floyd Norman
 * Floyd continues to work for Disney on a freelance basis (as he prefers it) and can still be found Floydering around the Disney Animation campus.




 * 2016 - MaryAnn Johanson, flickfilosopher.com, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life documentary review: meet the “wise old man” of Disney
 * Fifteen years later, he is still “Floydering” around at the Mouse as the “wise old man” imparting his wit and the lessons of his experience to the youngsters..


 * 2016 - Alice Cronin, Irishfilmcritic.com, Movie Review: “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life” Is An Almost-Fairytale
 * We also get to follow Norman as he “floyders” around the Disney campus, which he stalks like a dapper would-be suitor even though his access pass was revoked long ago.


 * 2016 - Will Ashton, Cut Print Film, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
 * His years of “floydering” (a verb coined by his non-employees) barely hold a candle to his vast professional accomplishments, especially within Disney’s historic walls.


 * 2016 - Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times, Disney's first black animator looks back in the incisive doc 'Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
 * He's refused to let the fact that he no longer works at the place — he was let go when he was 65 -- stop him from doing what employees have come to call "Floydering," a kind of creative loitering/kibbitzing in the Disney offices.


 * 2016 - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life': Film Review
 * "He walks around the campus like he's Bob Iger or something," she comments, adding that the term she's coined for what he does there is "Floydering."


 * 2016 - Noor Wazwaz, NPR, At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The Studio
 * "I decided I didn't want to work at home," he says. "I missed the camaraderie of the big studio. I missed talking to people. I miss being around the action. And so ... I found an empty office and I moved in. I was probably in violation of some rule or law or whatever, but there I was." He continued to work in the office, and his colleagues affectionately coined the term "Floydering" — it rhymes with loitering — in his honor.
 * NORMAN: So I guess my position is somewhat unique. I don't know what you would call me. Maybe I continue to floyder (ph) at Disney (laughter).


 * 2017 - Jacqueline Lara, 99u.adobe.com, Floyd Norman: It’s Not Over Until You Say It’s Over
 * I had been pushed out of the game, and was determined to come back on my own terms. Part of this involved coming back to Disney and moving into an office where I didn’t belong. In truth, they could have called security and kicked me off studio property, but they didn’t, so I stuck around year after year. Animator Avi Tuchman affectionately coined what I was doing as “Floydering,” and its stuck ever since.


 * 2017 - Monique Jones, Birmingham Times How The First Black Animator At The Disney Studios Became A Legend
 * In the world of animation, Floyd Norman is a verb. The term "Floydering" was developed by Norman's co-workers to describe his creative process, and it's that creative process that propelled the 81-year-old throughout his animating career.
 * At 81 years old, Norman continues to “Floyder” by freelancing for Disney as a consultant and storyboard artist.


 * 2018 - John Duhring, cogswell.edu, Floyd Norman Shines Through Inspiration, Uniqueness, and Consistency
 * For his 80th birthday, colleagues created a video tribute to him and what has come to be called the act of “Floydering”. He explains what it means by saying, “I discovered that I did my best writing while walking around. You sit at your desk, and all you do is nod off. But, if you get up and go for a walk, that’s when all the ideas come. I get my best ideas when I’m walking around.”