Post #1: Short intro to advertising

I'm interested in advertising because it is related to the field that I am majoring in, Graphic Design. The class was suggested to me as one that would fulfill major requirements and also help me get a bit of insight into a field that I may be involved with later on. The two subjects are closely related. I might find myself creating vector drawings or making posters and other graphics for a company that wants to put my work into their ad. Who knows, I may even end up working at an advertising company in the future. If that were to happen, I'd like it to be a small one that's located around the Bay Area. It would be interesting to see how a team puts my work to use. I dislike how relentless some companies are with gathering information about you so that they may create more specific ads that target you when the product they are selling is one that I have no interest in at all. However, this is to be expected with technology advancing more and more every day. My favorite all time ad is one of the Apple advertisements for their new Ipod Nanos a few years ago. It's clean, and bold with lots of crisp color and neatness, yet you understand what they are doing with the paint dripping down.