Putting files on an iPad

How to manage files on an iPad is one of those big mysteries willfully kept mysterious by our good/evil god, Apple.

If you connect the iPad so it shows up in iTunes, select it and then select the "apps" tab at the top. There will be some apps which can "share apps". And if you select GoodReader for instance (which can read PDFs and much more), there will be an area where you simple can drag files into from your computer, and they turn up virtually instantly. Very handy. And then they show up in My Documents in GoodReader next time you use it.