Whether it makes you jump for joy, or go running to the nearest dark corner, it’s somehow that time of year again…the SXSW Panel Picker is up for 2012 and we need your excellent votes!

Check out our proposal ‘Finding Balance in the Hype Machine’, which will feature The New York Times’ Tech Reporter Jenna Wortham, Lot18’s Co-founder Philip James, The Next Web’s East Coast Editor Courtney Boyd Myers, Percolate’s Co-founder (and ex-Barbarian) Noah Brier, as well as our very own Benjamin Palmer.

Our second panel,’The New Digital / Traditional Hybrids’ will play host to Droga5’s Hashem Bajwa, Wieden + Kennedy’s Iain Tait and TBG’s Jay Zasa and Chet Gulland.

Lastly, our Social Media Lead, Ms Lindsey Weber, also submitted a panel + was included as a panelist in another submission, so please vote for these too, while you’re at it:
‘Tumblr: Reblog Culture for Big Brands & Big Media’ and
‘The Now Neighborhood: Tapping Online Community IRL’.

Every vote counts, so thanks for helping us get there!