# Creating Space Journal Creating space for technology adoption, technologists, problem solving, career growth, and the personal connections to move through those spaces. Music, reading and travel will fill in the edges Page: Feed: --- ## [Rush at Fifty Something](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/rush-at-fifty-something) _2026-08-16 · Hal Stern_ In the last month, I’ve done something I feared I would never do again: I saw Rush with my son, filling a hockey arena with singing, joyful fans, and celebrating half a century of amazing music. ## [Reading List: Q2 2026](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/reading-list-q2-2026) _2026-06-30 · Hal Stern_ I make these lists public to try to build readership across multiple dimensions: For this newsletter, for the authors whose work I love, and for the sources from which I discover new avenues. ## [A Love Story To Map A Month Of Identity](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/a-love-story-to-map-a-month-of-identity) _2026-06-14 · Hal Stern_ June has become complicated with holidays and celebrations that open small apertures into identity: it’s the beginning of adult life for graduates; it’s Pride Month; it brings us Flag Day wrapped in ostensible patriotism (but more Philly apocrypha); we have Juneteenth to formally demarcate freedom and slavery and Father’s Day to reflect on fathers and father figures who have shaped our thinking… ## [2026 Memorial Day At Princeton](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/2026-memorial-day-at-princeton) _2026-05-25 · Hal Stern_ Reconciling talks and walks, walls and halls, and remembrance ## [First Assume A Spherical Soundstage](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/first-assume-a-spherical-soundstage) _2026-05-14 · Hal Stern_ Immersive, Intense and Intimate Imaged Sound ## [Immersion and Intensives](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/immersion-and-intensives) _2026-04-18 · Hal Stern_ Books, recitals, and practice to finish either or both ## [Reading List: Q1 2026](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/reading-list-q1-2026) _2026-04-03 · Hal Stern_ I make these lists public to try to build readership across multiple dimensions. ## [The Golden Faces Of Hockey](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/the-golden-faces-of-hockey) _2026-02-24 · Hal Stern_ 46 years changes the faces of a game, in so many good ways ## [Creating Space in Leadership](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/creating-space-in-leadership) _2026-01-26 · Hal Stern_ Tribute to Patricia Sueltz, a leader who excelled in creating space for people ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PKB9p2isbjVu) _2026-01-26 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [(Under) Estimated Prophet](https://creatingspace.substack.com/p/under-estimated-prophet) _2026-01-25 · Hal Stern_ Bob Weir was the rhythm guitarist of so many facets of our lives