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The pseudo-event of Clint Eastwood, the RNC “mystery” speaker, using an empty chair to symbolize President Obama during his speech. But Obama’s official account got the last word. “This seat’s taken,” it said, adding a photo of Obama sitting in a chair emblazoned with the words “The President.” http://OFA.BO/c2gbfi , pic.twitter.com/jgGZTb02
]]> http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/focusing-on-optics/35828/#comments 2012-08-31T03:47:55-05:00 Bending the Curve More Focusing On ‘Optics’

William Safire also noted the trend “ ‘Optics’ is hot, rivaling content” in his final On Language column and Ben Zimmer wrote about how optics achieved buzzword status in NY Times.





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Thank you Rob
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Meanwhile two other follow-ups from Twitterland:

Thanks, @GautamRamdurai for this image macro:
https://twitter.com/GautamRamdurai/status/240876669395673088

And thanks to @AmbivalentGeek I now realize there's a hashtag for this subject: #optics. Of course there is! It's pretty much the perfect hashtaggable notion, no?
https://twitter.com/AmbivalentGeek/status/240869344576425984]]> http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/focusing-on-optics/35828/#comments 2012-08-30T08:30:21-05:00
By the way: it's no coincidence that the hurricane Isaac is coinciding with the Republican convention. It's God's way of punishing them for denying climate change.]]> http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/focusing-on-optics/35828/#comments 2012-08-29T16:42:32-05:00