Sebastien Paquet has authored a great summary of blog applications. Actually, this paper describes the transition as blogs have evolved from more primitive beginnings to a more sophisticated collection of uses described as Personal Knowledge Publishing. For those with a serious interest in blogs and blog applications, this is a great source.
One use Paquet describes as personal knowledge management is a good description of how I think about what I try to do with this blog. Personal knowledge management = “A weblog that you edit also serves as a chronological record of your thoughts, references and other notes that could otherwise be lost or disorganized.
