Maybe a bug in beamer, works OK while using the minimal document class.
Again, following the example over there, and also after playing with Circling/framing and referring to a bunch of nodes, the following doesn't work as expected:
\documentclass[ignorenonframetext,xcolor={table,svgnames}]{beamer}
%\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,backgrounds,fit,positioning}
\begin{document}
\tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture]
\begin{frame}
\tikzstyle{na} = [baseline=-.5ex]
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Blah & $=$ Again blah
\tikz[na] \node[coordinate] (blah) {};\\
Foo & $+$ Bar \\
Buggy & $=$
\tikz[baseline]{
\node[rounded corners,fill=red!15,anchor=base] (bug)
{Bug};
}
\end{tabular}
\bigskip
This is also buggy, booh \tikz[na] \node[coordinate] (booh) {};
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
\path[very thick,->] (blah) edge [bend right] (bug);
\path[very thick,->] (booh) edge [bend left] (bug);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
I just found the culprit, it is the ignorenonframetext option!! But why is it so?

\tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture]is outside the frame and inside the body of the document, soignorenonframetextjust ignores the remember picture` part. – Gonzalo Medina Dec 03 '12 at 01:48